Electricity Physics Ms. Henry School House Rock: Title 49 (Chapter 1)
Words to Know: Electrostatic (Electro + Static) Charge Insulator Conductor
Words to Know, cont.: Electroscope Grounding Coulomb Grounding Generator
Electrons
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Getting Charged… Pick a Station (3-4 in a group): Paper Pick Up Gelatin Stalagmites Runaway Soda Can Repelled Tape Swinging “Pith” of Death
Coulomb’s Law Charge (q) Distance (r) Force (F)
Van de Graaff Problems 4.0x10 -6 C VDG with a 6.0x10 -6 C VDG at 1.5 meters apart. ◦ What is the electric force? Electron (-1.6x C) with a proton at 1.0x m to the right. ◦ What is the electric force? Add an electron at 2.5x10 -6 m below. Find the net force with both charges.