PHYSICS REVIEWER
PHYSICS REVIEWER
Law’s of Charges – like charges repel, opposite - Conductors: Materials allowing the flow of
charges attract electric charge due to the mobility of electrons.
Coulomb’s Law – the magnitude of the electric - Insulators: Materials that impede the flow of
force between two point charges is directly electric charge due to their high resistance.
proportional to the product of the charges and
- Electromagnetic Field: Field resulting from the
inversely proportional to the square of the
combination of electric and magnetic fields,
distance between them.
carrying energy and momentum.
Electric Field – force per unit charge ( E=F/Q )
- Electrostatic Force: Force exerted between
stationary electric charges.
- Magnetic Field: Region around a magnetic 5. What is the amount and direction of
material or a moving electric charge where attraction or repulsion between two charged
magnetic forces are experienced. bodies?
- Parallel Circuit: Electric circuit arrangement 7. What is the ration of the coulomb force to
where components are connected in parallel, the test charge?
offering multiple paths for current flow. A. Electric Field
- Series Circuit: Electric circuit arrangement B. Magnetic Field
where components are connected sequentially,
offering a single path for current flow. 8. What is the relationship between the density
of electric field lines to the strength of electric
field?
1. What happens when you rub glass rod with A. Directly proportional
silk?
B. Inversely proportional
A. Negatively charged object loss electrons
9. If a test charge is moved to a location three
B. Positively charged object gain electrons. times as far the original location how does the
electric field charge?
2. What happens when you rubber rod with fur?
A. 1/9
A. Negatively charged object loss electrons.
B. 9
B. Negatively charged object gain electrons.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
3. Which materials hold their electrons very
tightly? 1. What is the definition of potential energy in
the context of electric charges?
A. Conductors
a) The energy needed to move an electric
B. Insulators charge against an electric field.
4. Which materials loosely hold electrons that b) The energy stored in a capacitor.
can move easily through them?
c) The energy released by an electric charge.
A. Conductors
d) The energy required to create an electric
B. Insulators field.
b) To amplify electrical signals
c) To control the flow of current
2. What is electric flux? d) To generate magnetic fields
a) The measure of the flow of electric charge 7. What is the standard unit of electric field?
through a surface.
a) Volt
b) The measure of the flow of electric field
through a surface. b) Ampere
d) Coulomb a) V = IR
d) Electromagnetic field 18. Which law states that the total electric flux
out of a closed surface is equal to the charge
13. What property of a material hinders the enclosed divided by a constant?
flow of electric current?
a) Gauss’s Law
a) Conductivity
b) Coulomb’s Law
b) Capacitance
c) Ohm’s Law
c) Inductance
d) Faraday’s Law
d) Resistance
19. What is the measure of a capacitor’s ability
14. What is the measure of the flow of electric to store electric charge per unit voltage?
field through a surface?
a) Conductance
a) Electric charge
b) Resistance
b) Electric flux
c) Inductance
c) Electric potential
d) Capacitance
d) Electric resistance
20. Who formulated Ohm’s Law?
15. What is the ability of a substance to store
electrical energy in an electric field? a) Isaac Newton
d) Capacitance
16. How does electric flux relate to the number
of electric field lines penetrating a surface?
a) It is inversely proportional.
b) It is directly proportional.
c) There is no relationship.
d) It depends on the surface area.
ANSWER KEY 18. a) Gauss’s Law
1. A. Negatively charged object loss electrons 19. d) Capacitance
2. B. Negatively charged object gain electrons 20. b) Georg Ohm
3. B. Insulators
4. A. Conductors
5. B. Electrostatic Force
6. B. k
7. A. Electric Field
8. A. Directly proportional
9. A. 1/9