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How do you know that electrostatic forces are not the cause for the gravitational attraction between moon and earth?
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Gravity affects objects proportionally to their mass, and electrostatic forces affect objects proportionally to their electrical charge. We can observe that the attraction of the planet Earth for various objects, which we describe as weight, is proportional to mass, not to electrical charge. Consequently we can confidently infer that the attractive force exerted by the planet Earth is gravitational in nature and not electrostatic. It is also true that if there were some enormous electrical charge on the Earth and the moon, causing them to attract each other, we could expect an enormous electrical discharge to take place by which the extra electrons would leave the negatively charged object (moon or planet as the case may be) and travel to the positively charged object.
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What is forces two objects exert on each other is called an?
Electrostatic attraction or repulsion, magnetic attraction or repulsion, gravitational attraction.
What are the strong forces of attraction called between the positive and negative regions of molecules called?
The strong forces of attraction between the positive and negative regions of molecules are called electrostatic forces or electrostatic interactions.
What is the force of attraction between unlike molecules or the attraction between the surfaces of different contacting bodies?
The force of attraction between unlike molecules is known as intermolecular attraction or van der Waals forces. These forces can be categorized as dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, or London dispersion forces. The attraction between the surfaces of different contacting bodies is called adhesion and is typically due to intermolecular forces such as van der Waals forces or electrostatic interactions.
What is the two type of forces that act between atoms?
The forces are the electrostatic forces of attraction between the nucleus of one atom and the electrons of the other atom.
Holds Electron and prontons together?
weak forces. also known as the cuolombic forces
What is forces two objects exert on each other is called an?
Electrostatic attraction or repulsion, magnetic attraction or repulsion, gravitational attraction.
What are the strong forces of attraction called between the positive and negative regions of molecules called?
The strong forces of attraction between the positive and negative regions of molecules are called electrostatic forces or electrostatic interactions.
What is the meaning of the statement 'some forces can act over a distance rather than by contact' mean?
Forces such as electrostatic or magnetic attraction or repulsion, and that of gravitational attraction will act between two bodies even though the bodies are not in contact.
Forces between sodium chloride ions?
This force is an electrostatic attraction.
What three forces can act from a distance?
There are only two forces that act at a distance:gravity, andelectromagnetism.Magnetic fields are sometimes referred to as a third force, however magnetism and electrostatic forces are both examples the electromagnetic force.
The centripetal force acting on the moon continuously changes the of the Moon's motion?
The gravitational attraction from the Earth.The gravitational attraction from the Earth.The gravitational attraction from the Earth.The gravitational attraction from the Earth.
What are ionic compounds held together by?
electrostatic force of attraction between the positive cations and the negative anions.
Forces that act on an object at a distance?
Some forces do not involve physical contact between the bodies on which they act. They act through the space between them. Such forces are called Non-Contact Forces or Action-at-a Distance Force. They are of three types, namely, magnetic force, electrostatic force and gravhtational force. Magnetic Force -- The forces which a magnet exerts on iron objects is called magnetic forces. Electrostatic Force -- The force which result due to the repulsion of similar charges or attraction of opposite charges is called electrostatic force. Gravitational force -- The force by which Earth pulls the objects towards its centre is called gravitational force.
How the strong electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions are called?
The chemical bond formed is ionic.
What exsists between every object in the universe?
-- distance -- equal mutual forces of gravitational attraction
Why we not feeling attractive forces between two objects?
Because of gravitational attraction
Are ionic forces weaker than water?
Ionic forces are electrostatic forces and are very strong forces of attraction.
