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You get an electric shock and this happens because the electroscope is charged and your body is good conductor of electricity.
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Why does the leaves of an electroscope collapse when you touch the upper part with your hands?
your body is conducting the charge away from the electroscope, neutralizing the charge
What happens when we touch a charged electroscope with our fingers?
The leaves would come closer than earlier
Uses of an electroscope?
An electroscope can be used to determine the charge of an object.
What can an electroscope determine?
An electroscope would detect an electrical charge.
Does an electroscope identify if an object has a positive or negative charge or does it just indicate that an object has a charge?
Alll an electroscope does is tell you if there is charge
How do you use the gold leaf electroscope?
Touch an object to the metal receiver at the top of the electroscope. If the object is charged, it will transfer its charge to the electroscope. The receiver is connected to the gold leaf, so the electric charge from the object will spread throughout the metallic parts of the electroscope, including the suspended gold leaf. The two halves of the leaf then have the same type of charge on them. Since like charges repel, the leaves levitate away from each other at an angle dependent upon how much charge they hold.
How do you charge an electroscope?
by induction
If you grounded the electroscope what does that do to the leaves of your electroscope?
...Guys...This is the answer of question...it simple! If we grounded the electroscope..whatever the charge on leaves are, positive or negative (as it depends with which charge you electrolyse the electroscope), if its positive and ground is negative (attraction) or if same + + so repultion
How do you charge an electroscope permanently?
by induction
If the leaves of an electroscope spread apart it indicates that?
It indicates that the leaves of the electroscope have received a charge.
An electroscope has been charged by induction with the help of a charged glass rod the charge on the electroscope will be?
negative
Can you tell if a object has a positive or negative charge with a electroscope?
The electroscope can't distinguish the two cases.
