Mission SE8 Coulomb's Law Equation as a Guide to Thinking
Mission SE8 pertains to the qualitative nature of the Coulomb's Law equation and the use of the equation to predict how a change in a variable would affect the electrostatic force. The mission consists of 37 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
Learning Outcomes
- The student should have a conceptual understanding of Coulomb's law and the factors which effect electrical force.
- The student should be able to use Coulomb's law in order to predict the effect of varying charge or distance upon the force between objects.
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The Physics Classroom - Static Electricity Unit, Lesson 3, Part c
- What is the unit of charge?
- What variables effect the electric force between two charged objects?
- What effect will a change in separation distance between two charged objects have upon the electric force between them?
- What effect will a change in the quantity of charge on a charged object have upon the electric force between it and a second charged object?
- How can the inverse square law be applied as a guide to thinking about the force-distance relationship?