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Interaction between like and Unlike Charges

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Indicate, giving reasons, if the following statements are true or false.
(a) An object which is positively charged contains only protons and no electrons.
(b) An atom with 11 electrons, 11 protons and 12 neutrons is electrically neutral.
(c) An object that is electrically neutral will contain only neutrons.
(d) Two straws rubbed with silk will attract each other.
(e) A balloon rubbed with wool will repel another one that is not rubbed.
(f) When a glass rod is rubbed with silk and made to touch an electroscope, its leaves diverge as they acquire similar charges from the rod.
(g) An electroscope charged by induction develops the same kind of charge as that of the charging body.
(h) To charge an electroscope by conduction, it must be touched by a charged body.
(i) Like charges attract each other while unlike charges repel each other.

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Solution

(a) False
An object that is positively charged has a greater positive charge and a lower negative charge.

(b) True
An atom that has 11 protons and 11 electrons is electrically neutral, because it has the same number of unlike charges, i.e., protons and electrons, and because the neutrons have no charge.

(c) False
An object that is electrically neutral contains neutrons and the same number of unlike charges, i.e., electrons and protons.

(d) False
Two straws rubbed with silk move away from each other because they acquire the same kind of charge.

(e) True
A balloon that is rubbed with wool acquires static electricity, and when it is brought near an uncharged balloon, the near end of the uncharged balloon acquires the same kind of charge due to induction. So, the balloons repel each other.

(f) True
A glass rod acquires a positive charge when it is rubbed with silk. When it is made to touch an electroscope, electrons move from the electroscope to the glass rod, and the leaves of the electroscope acquire a positive charge similar to the charge on the glass rod, and diverge.

(g) True
The leaves of an electroscope charged by induction acquire the same kind of charge owing to induction.

(h) True
To charge an electroscope by conduction, it must be touched by a charged body, so that the charge moves from one body to the other.

(i) False
Like charges repel and unlike charges attract each other.

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Write true or false for each statement:

(a) The number of electrons and protons in an atom are same.

(b) If the charge is not in motion, we call it static electricity.

(d) When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur, the electrons move from ebonite to fur.

(e) When a glass rod is rubbed with the dry silk cloth, the electrons move from glass to silk.

(f) The cap of gold leaf electroscope is made of copper.

(g) If a glass rod rubbed with silk is brought near the cap of a negatively charged electroscope, the divergence of leaves will decrease.

(h) In induction, a positively charged body can make an uncharged body positively charged.

(i) A lighting conductor saves the building from lighting.

(j) When a comb is rubbed with dry hair both comb and paper get similarly charged.

(k) A glass rod rubbed with silk repels an ebonite rod rubbed with fur.

(l) When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur, the protons move from the ebonite rod to the fur.

(m) A conductor has a large number of free electrons.

(n) An ebonite rod can be charged by touching it with a charged copper rod.

(o) To find whether a body is charged or not, an uncharged electroscope is used.

(p) To find whether the charge on a body is positive or negative, an uncharged electroscope is used.

(q) If a negatively charged rod is brought near a negatively charged pith ball electroscope, the pith ball will be stuck with the rod.

Select the correct alternative:

(a) when a glass rod is rubbed with the dry silk cloth, the charge acquired by the silk cloth is :

(i) positive

(ii) negative

(iii) both positive and negative

(iv) none of the above.

(b) When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur,the rod acquires:

(i) positive charge

(ii) negative charge

(iii) no charge

(iv) none of the above.

(i) attraction

(ii) no effect

(iii) repulsion

(iv) none of the above.

(d) Charging a conductor by bringing another charged conductor close to it without touching is called :

(i) induction (ii) conduction

(iii) convection (iv) radiation.

(e) The factor responsible for charging a conductor is :

(i) transfer of protons

(ii) transfer of neutrons

(iii) transfer of electrons

(iv) transfer of protons and electrons.

(f) Two objects when rubbed together get charged.The charges on them are:

(i) equal and opposite

(ii) equal and similar

(iii) unequal and similar

(iv) unequal and opposite

(g) When a glass rod is rubbed with silk,the glass rod and the silk get charged because:

(i) electrons are transferred from the silk to the glass rod

(ii) electrons are transferred from the glass rod to the silk.

(iii) protons are transferred from the silk to the glass rod.

(iv) protons are transferred from the glass rod to the silk.

(h) The conductor of electricity is :

(i) wood (ii) glass

(iii) ebonite (iv) human body

(i) A gold leaf electroscope is to be charged positively by conduction.For this:

(i) a positively charged rod is held close to near the disc of electroscope.

(ii) a positively charged rod is placed in contact with the disc of electroscope.

(iii) a negatively charged rod is held close to near the disc of electroscope.

(iv) a negatively charged rod is touched with the disc of electroscope.

(j) A glass rod rubbed with silk is touched with the disc of negatively charged gold leaf electroscope.The divergence of leaves will:

(i) decrease

(ii) increase

(iii) remain unchanged

(iv) first decreases and then increases.

(k) The rod in gold leaf electroscope is made up of:

(i) wood (ii) brass

(iii) glass (iv) ebonite

(l) Lighting conductor is made up of :

(i) copper (ii) glass

(iii) ebonite (iv) wood

True or false?

(a) When two substances are rubbed on each other, like charges are developed on each.

(b) An atom may have either a positive or a negative charge.

(d) If the leaves of the electroscope spread only a little, the charge on them is greater.

Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :

(a) Like charges ........ ; unlike charges ...........

(b) Rubbing glass with silk makes a .......... charge on the glass.

(d) The negatively charged particles which are transferred from one object to another during charging by friction is called .......

(e) The charging of an object by rubbing it with another object is called charging by ........

(f) In an electroscope, the aluminium leaves diverge because like charges .........

(g) ......... is provided in buildings to protect us from electric shocks due to any leakage of electric current.

(h) Lightning is nothing but an ......... spark.

(i) Each fragment of earth's crust is called a ........

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Like charges ___ while unlike charges ___.

(b) Mercury is a ___ of electricity while pure water is ___ of electricity.

(d) When an uncharged conductor is brought in contact with the disc of a gold leaf electroscope, it leaves ___.

(e) Charge is shared in charging a conductor by the method of ___.

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