Assignment form three AL Mustaqbal secondary school chapter two

Name…………………………….……………….……No……Class…….Date……/……/…….

Part one: circle the best answer each of the following questions

1. The study of static electricity is called

A) Electricity C) Electrostatics
B) Electrolysis D) Electronics
2. The SI unit of electric charge is
A) Coulomb(C) C) Kelvin (K)
B) Constant (c) D) Micro (m)
3. What type of charge does an object have if it gains electrons?
A) Positive C) Negative
B) Neutral D) No charge
4. What happens to the force between two charges if the distance between them doubles?
A) It doubles C) It becomes one-fourth
B) It becomes half D) It remains the same
5. Every thin is made up of tiny particles called
A) Neutrons C) Electrons
B) Protons D) Atoms
6. Charging by rubbing or friction produce two ……………………. Charged objects
A) Same C) Parallel
B) Oppositely D) Series\
7. when appositively charged object is brought nearly another positively charged object
will it be
A) attract C) repelled
B) discharged D) charge further
8. Which diagram correctly shows the electric field lines between two point charges?

9. A pen is rubbed with a cloth and becomes negatively charged; because the pen
A) Loses electrons. C) Loses protons.
B) Gains electrons. D) Gains protons.
10. A dielectric material must be
A) Resistor C) Conductor
B) Insulator D) Semi conductor
11. The force b/w two charges is 120N. if the distance b/w the charges is doubled the force
will be
A) 60N B) 30N

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C) 40N D) 15N
12. The following diagrams show the charge distribution of the metal sphere when a
negatively charged polythene is brought close to (but not touching) an uncharged metal
sphere. Which of the diagrams is correct?

13. A conducting sphere has a net charge of - 4.8 x 10-17 C. What is the approximate
number of excess electrons on the sphere?
A) 100 C) 300
B) 200 D) 400
14. What happens when two capacitors connected in parallel
A) Their total capacitance C) Their voltage decrease
decrease D) Their charges cancel out
B) Their total capacitance
increase
15. Which particles in an atom are responsible for electric charges
A) Neutrons and protons C) Electrons and neutrons
B) Protons and electrons D) Protons only

16. What type of force exists between two charge of opposite sign
A) Repulsive C) Attractive
B) Neutral D) None
17. What is the purpose of electrostatic precipitators?
A) To store electric charge C) To increase electric force
B) To clean smoke particles from D) To decrease electric field
waste gases strength
18. Which of the following is an insulator that can be charged by rubbing
A) Metal rod C) Plastic ruler
B) Copper wire D) Steel rod
19. The diagram below shows the electric field between two charged metal spheres “A”
and “B”

What is the sign of the charge of each sphere?

A B
a) Positive Negative
b) Negative Negative
c) Positive Positive
d) Negative Positive

20. Electric field strength is the amount of electrostatic force per unit………
A) Charge C) Volume
B) Mass D) Length

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21. At what separation will two charges, each of magnitude 6.0 µC, exert a force of1.4 N
on each other?

A) 5 x 10-6 m C) 0.48 m
B) 0.23 m D) 40 m
22. A charge Q exerts a 12 N force on another charge q. If the distance between the
charges is doubled, what is the magnitude of the force exerted on Q by q?
A) 3 N C) 24 N
B) 6 N D) 48 N
23. Which diagram represents the electric field lines between two small electrically
charged spheres?

A) C)

B) D)

24. What work is done on 10C of charge to transfer it through a potential difference of
90V?
A) 900J C) 9J
B) 900C D) 9C
25. …………..is an electronic device that stores electric charge and energy when the
voltage is applied.
A) Resistor C) Voltmeter
B) Ammeter D) Capacitor
26. The ability of capacitor to store electric charge and energy is called…………….
A) Capacitance C) Dielectric
B) Diode D) Voltage
27. A capacitor of capacitance 10µF is charged by a battery of 0.5V. How much charge is
stored on each plate?
A) 20x10C C) 10𝜇𝐹
B) 5𝜇𝐶 D) 5𝜇𝐹
28. The charge stored in a capacitor is 24µC when the potential across it is 12V. Calculate
the capacitance of the capacitor

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A) 2Mf C) 20f
B) 20Nf D) Non
29. Two point charges 20cm apart in a vacuum have charges of +𝟔𝒏𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 −
𝟏𝟎𝒏𝑪. 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒔.
A) 0.14Nn C) 0.4x10-6C
B) 0.14n D) All
30. How many electrons are there in a charge of 2.4x10-18C?
A) 4.0 electrons C) a and b
B) 4 electrons D) non
31. The common type of electroscope is called ………….
A) Gold-leaf electroscope C) Copper-electroscope
D) All of them
B) Iron-leaf electroscope

32. The unit of capacitance is

A) Henry C) Farad
B) Ohm D) Farad/m

33. The capacitance of the capacitor is not effected by

A) Distance b/w plates C) Thickness of plates
B) Area of plates D) All above
34. The capacitance b/w two plates increases with
A) Shorter plate area and higher applied voltage
B) Shorter plate area and shorter distance b/w them
C) Large plate area, longer distance b/w plates
D) Large plate area, and shorter distance b/w plates
35. Capacitor consist of
A) Two insulators only
B) Two insulator separated by conductor
C) Two conductor separated by an insulator
D) Two conductor only

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Part two: Answer each of the extended question

1. Define words
I. Electrostatic
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II. Electric field strength
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III. Capacitor
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IV. Capacitance
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V. Dielectric
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2. State the function of dielectric
I. ……………………………………………………………
II. ……………………………………………………………
III. ……………………………………………………………
3. State three methods of charging objects
I. ………………………….
II. …………………………..
III. …………………………..
4. Describe the basic construction of a capacitor.
I. What does a capacitor do?
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5. State two ways of increasing the capacitance of a capacitor.
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6. The diagram below shows an arrangement of capacitors.

Calculate

i. The total capacitance?

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ii. The total charge stored?
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iii. The charge on each capacitor?
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iv. The voltage across each capacitor?
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7. Two capacitors of 6µF and 4µF are connected in parallel as shown below.

Calculate

i. The total capacitance?

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ii. The total charge?
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iii. The voltage across each capacitor?
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iv. The charge on each capacitor?
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8. Calculate the combined capacitance of the following networks:

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9. How much voltage in required to charge two capacitors of 5µF each in order to get a total
charge of 10µC if the capacitors are connected in parallel?
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10. What is the capacitance of a capacitor that can store a charge of 40µC, when a
potential difference of 10V is applied across it?
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11. How much voltage is required to charge a capacitor of capacitance 12µF, in order to
store a charge of 96µC?
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12. The charge stored in a capacitor is 24µC when the potential across it is 12V. Calculate
the capacitance of the capacitor?
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13. How far must two parallel plates be placed apart so that a potential difference of 200V
produces an electric strength of 1000N/C?
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14. Calculate the distance between the charges of 3c and 6c when the force between them
in vacuum is 5x106N?
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15. An electroscope is charged negatively. If its leave diverge still further when a charged rod is
brought close to the top plate, what is the charge of the rod?
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16. Two negatively charged small spheres, one with twice the charge of the other, are 18cm a part in
air. Calculate the charge on each if the force exerted by each on the other is 8.1x10-4N?
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17. Two point charges 10cm apart in a vacuum have charges of +12x10-12 c and
– 20x10-12 C. Calculate the force between the charges? Is the force attraction or repulsion?
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18. Calculate force between
a. Two charge +30mc and +10mc separated by 5cm in air?
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b. Two charge -10µc and -20µc separated by 10cm in air?
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19. What is the fundamental law of electrostatics
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20. Name two practical application of electrostatics in daily life
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