Electrostatics

Question 1

Principal of conservation of charge

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Coulomb’s law

Answer 2

The magnitude of the electrostatic force exerted by one point charge(Q1) on another point charge(Q2) is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance (r) between them

Question 3

Static electricity

Answer 3

Imbalance/unbalance of charge on an object

Question 4

Principal of quantisation of charge

Answer 4

States that every charge in the universe is an integer multiple of the charge on one electron

Question 5

Electric field

Answer 5

A region of space in which an electric charge experiences a force. The direction of the electric field at a point is the direction that a positive test charge would move if placed at that point

Question 6

Electric field at a point

Answer 6

The electric field at a point is the electrostatic force experienced per unit positive charge placed at that point