Electrostatics

Question 1

Positively Charged Objects

Answer 1

Objects that are electron deficient and have lost electrons

Question 2

Negatively Charged Objects

Answer 2

Objects that have an excess of electrons because they have gained electrons

Question 3

Principle of charge quantization

Answer 3

All charges in the universe consist of an integer multiple of the charge of one electron

Question 4

Principle of the conservation of charge

Answer 4

The net charge of an isolated system remains constant during any physical process

Question 5

Polarisation of charge

Answer 5

The partial or complete separation of positive and negative electric charges in a system