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OMEGA SCHOOL
Name of student: ______________________ Subject: Physics
Grade: 10th sections: _____ Semester: 2st Work sheet
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I. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write the letter of your choice on
the space provided.
_______1. Which one of the following is not Properties of electric field lines
A. The field lines never intersect each other.
B. The field lines are perpendicular to the surface of the charge
C. Field lines originate at a negative charge and terminate at a positive charge.
D. when particles with unlike charges attract each other
_______2. The average speed that an electron attains in an electric field is,
A. Drift speed B. Velocity C. charge D. voltage
_______3. A current of 5 A is flowing through a 2 mm diameter wire. The drift speed of electrons in the
wire is 10−5 m/s and the charge on the electron is 1.6 × 10−19 C. what the number of electrons
passing a point in the wire in a second?
A. 9.947 × 10-29 B. 8.65× 1018 C. 9.947 × 1029 D. 8.65× 10-18
_______4. Which of the following is method of charging?
A. Induction B. Rubbing C. Conduction D. all
_______5. The methods of charges by the redistribution of electrical charge in an object, caused by the
influence of near by charges are,
A. Induction B. Rubbing C. Conduction D. all
_______6. A test charge of q = +1 *10 c is placed half way between a charge of q1 = +5 *10-6c and a
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charge of q2 = +3 *10-6c that are 20cm apart. What is the magnitude of the Force on the test
charge Solution?
A. 7.2N B. 4N C. 5.5N D. 10.4N
_______7. The electrostatic force between the two charges is proportional to the product of the charges
and is inversely proportional to the square of their distance apart is .stated by,
A. Coulomb’s law B. Hooke’s law C. Faraday’s law D. Newton’s law
_______8. A metal bar erected at the top of building to protect the building from lighting is,
A. Grounding B. Lighting rod C. Electroscope D. Charging
_______9. Which of the following method of charging is leaves the two bodies with an opposite sign of
charges?
A. Rubbing B. Conduction C. Induction D. all
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_______10. 2*10 C of charge is equal to;
A. 2*10-5nc B. 2*1013nc C. 2*10-13nc D. 2*105nc
_______11. What is the electric field strength when a positive charge of 7 C is acted on by a force of 28 N.
In which direction will the force act?
A. 196 N/m B. 7 N/m C. 4 N/m D. 14 N/m
_______12. How big a force will a charge of +2 C experience if placed in an electric field of strength
18 N/C?
A. 18 N B. 9 N C. 36 N D. 2 N
II. Work out (show the necessary steps clearly and neatly). Two point charges, one
of 3.0 C and the other of 2.0 C, are placed 5.0 m apart. Calculate the force which acts
between them.
13. A charge is placed in an electric field of 48 N/C and it experiences a force of 12 N. How
great must the charge be?
14. A Charge flows along a wire at rate of 3 A. How many coulombs of charge will pass a
given point in the circuit in 2 minutes?
15. What is an electric field line?
16. . What is the magnitude and direction of the force exerted on a 3.50μ C charge by a 250
N/C electric field that points due East?
17. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field 2.00 m from a point charge of 5.00 mC.
18. Two charges q1 = 2 μC and q2 =−4 μC are placed 20 cm apart. Determine the magnitude
and direction of the force that one charge exerts over the other.
19. Two spheres; 4.0 cm apart, attract each other with a force of 1.2×109 N. Determine the
magnitude of the charge on each to see if one has twice the charge (of the opposite sign)
as the other.
20. Two equal charges of magnitude 1.1×107C experience an electrostatic force of 4.2×104
N. How far apart are the centers of the two charges?
21. What are the essential parts of an electroscope?
22. State the law of conservation of charge.
23. Describe how you can know charged bodies attract or repel each other.
24. Why the inside of a car or building is a safe place to shelter during storm?
25. List the properties of electric charge.
26. Explain what mean quantization of charge?
27. A conductor possesses a negative charge of 8 ×10−19 c . How many electron does it have
in excess or deficit?
28. What are the types of charges that exist in nature?
29. Explain how to known that wether or not an electroscope is charged.
30. A metal sphere has a charge of +12 μc. What is the net charge after 3 ×1012 electrons
have been placed on it?
31. What is the difference between lighting and thunderstorm?
32. List at least five application of lighting?