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A charged object does not affect an object that has no charge?

This statement is not accurate. A charged object can still interact with an object that has no charge through electrostatic forces. The charged object can induce a charge on the neutral object and attract or repel it, depending on the type of charges involved.


How does an electrically polarized object different from an electrically charged object?

It will still have a electrical charge.


How can an object have a neutral charge if part of the object has a positive and a negative charge?

If an object has both positive and negative charges in different regions, it can still have an overall neutral charge if the total amount of positive charge is equal to the total amount of negative charge. This results in a cancellation of the charges, making the object neutral overall.


The tendency of a resting object to stay still is called?

The tendency of a resting object to stay still is called inertia. It is a property of matter where an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force.


What object has neither a positive or negative charge?

When an object has 'no' charge, it is neutral.


What is light traveling though an object called?

If light travels through an object, it is still called light. If you want to specify, you might say "light travelling through an object".


An electrically neutral object can be attracted by a positively charged object because?

A neutral pith ball is still "charged", it just doesn't display excessively charged behavior. Since it is neutral, having nearly equal positive and negative charge, the proximity of the positively charged pith ball still attracts the negative charge present in the ball, inducing polarization moving the ball closer to the positively charged one. Once they make contact, the conductibility of the pith ball quickly accepts excess charge from the other, creating a like charge repulsion.


How two objects can be attracted due to an electric force even when both objects have zero net charge?

Even if both objects have zero net charge, they may still have localized regions of imbalanced charge called dipoles that can interact with each other through electric forces. These dipoles can align in a way that causes attraction between the objects, despite the overall charge neutrality of each object.


Can a pronoun still carry out action?

Yes, a pronoun can be the direct or the indirect object of a verb.Examples:Jack called me with the assignment. (the pronoun 'me' is the direct object of the verb 'called')Mom made us some cookies. (the pronoun 'us' is the indirect object of the verb 'made')


When a perceived object position but you still see it as change it is called?

This is called relative motion. Relative to your frame of reference, the object's motion appears unchanged, even though it's motion has actually changed.


The force exerted by a liquid on an immersed in it is called?

"What is the force exerted by a still liquid on an immersed non-moving object called? -- PressureOtherwise, if the object is moving, one could also have "shear forces".


Does a neutral object repel a positive object?

No. The actual result is the opposite. If a charged object is brought into the vicinity of a neutral object, normally the two objects attract. The attraction is a consequence of polarization. A neutral object is still composed of many charges associated with the electrons and nuclei of the atoms of the object. If it is a conductor, then electrons will easily move around the conductor in an electric field, but even a nonconductor allows some small movement of the electrons of the atoms. In either case, the movement is such that the electrons in the neutral object tend to shift opposite to the direction of any applied field, i.e. towards a positive charge if a positive object causes the field or away from a negatively charged object. For a neutral object, "polarization" is the charge separation on the object that is caused by the external electric field, for instance a nearby negative object. (Polarization is, by definition, the charge separation induced by an external field and this is a materials property that is different for different materials.) When that charge separation takes place, the electrons (negative) will move somewhat away from a negative object nearby and leave a net positive on the part of the neutral object closest to the negative object. The neutral object has equal amounts of positive and negative charge, but the exposed positive charge is closer to the negative object and thus feels a greater force. There is both an attractive force and a repulsive force acting on different regions of the neutral object, but attraction always is greater because the region experiencing the attraction is closest to the external charge causing the polarization.) In general, a charge (positive or negative), brought near a neutral object will result in polarization of the neutral object and an attractive force between the two object. Polarization forces are larger when the neutral object is a conductor, but for nonconducting materials it is smaller and depends on the type of material.