Write T against true and F against false in the following statements:
(a) Like charges attract each other (T/F)
(b) A charged glass rod attract a charged plastic straw (T/F)
(c) Lightning conductor cannot protect a building from lightning (T/F)
(d) Earthquakes can be predicted in advance (T/F)

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Solution

(a) False
Like charges repel each other.
(b) True
A charged glass rod attracts a charged plastic straw as both ore oppositely charged.
(c) False
Lightening conductor can protect a building from lightening by conducting all the charges to the Earth directly.
(d) False
Earthquakes cannot be predicted in advance.

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Write T against true and F against false in the following statements.

(a) Like charges attract each other. (T / F)

(b) A charged glass rod attracts a charged plastic straw. (T / F)

(d) Earthquakes can be predicted in advance. (T / F)

State whether the following statements are true or false :

(a) Like charges attract each other.

(b) A charged glass rod attracts a charged plastic straw.

(d) Earthquakes can be predicted in advance.

(e) An earthquakes of magnitude 2 on Richter Scale is ten times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1 on the same Scale.

(f) The plates of earth's crust are continuously moving.

(g) An earthquake is measured and recorded by using an instrument called electrocardiograph.

Question 3(b)

State whether the following statement is true or false.
A charged glass rod attracts a charged plastic straw.

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