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Benjamin Franklin is credited with proposing the concept of positive and negative charges in the 18th century while conducting experiments with electricity.
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Which of these will different charges do?
Positive charges attract negative charges and repel other positive charges. Negative charges do the opposite, attracting positive charges and repelling other negative charges. Like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
What is true about the number of positive and negative charges in a charged object?
A charged object can have an unequal number of positive and negative charges, resulting in a net charge. An object with more positive charges than negative charges will have a positive net charge, and vice versa for negative charges.
What is the difference between positive and negative charges?
Positive and negative charges are fundamental properties of matter. Positive charges are associated with protons, which have a positive electrical charge, while negative charges are associated with electrons, which have a negative electrical charge. Opposite charges attract each other, while like charges repel. This interaction between positive and negative charges is what governs the behavior of electricity and magnetism.
What is the difference between positive and negative electric fields?
Positive electric fields point away from positive charges and towards negative charges, while negative electric fields point towards positive charges and away from negative charges. In both cases, the direction indicates the direction that a positive test charge would move if placed in that field.
In which direction do electric field lines go from positive to negative charges?
Electric field lines go from positive charges to negative charges.
What are the two like charges?
a positive and a positive or a negative and a negative. Object with the same charge. Like charges repel each other.
What are the 2 types of electric charges?
The two types of electric charges are positive and negative. Positive charges repel each other, as do negative charges, while positive and negative charges attract each other.
Which of these will different charges do?
Positive charges attract negative charges and repel other positive charges. Negative charges do the opposite, attracting positive charges and repelling other negative charges. Like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
What is true about the number of positive and negative charges in a charged object?
A charged object can have an unequal number of positive and negative charges, resulting in a net charge. An object with more positive charges than negative charges will have a positive net charge, and vice versa for negative charges.
Does current electricity have positive and negative charges?
No electric charges may be positive or negative - electrons have a negative charge; ions have a positive charge.
What is the difference between positive and negative charges?
Positive and negative charges are fundamental properties of matter. Positive charges are associated with protons, which have a positive electrical charge, while negative charges are associated with electrons, which have a negative electrical charge. Opposite charges attract each other, while like charges repel. This interaction between positive and negative charges is what governs the behavior of electricity and magnetism.
What is the difference between positive and negative electric fields?
Positive electric fields point away from positive charges and towards negative charges, while negative electric fields point towards positive charges and away from negative charges. In both cases, the direction indicates the direction that a positive test charge would move if placed in that field.
Does wool have a negative or positive charge?
both because every object has both positive and negative charges but mainly has positive charges.
In which direction do electric field lines go from positive to negative charges?
Electric field lines go from positive charges to negative charges.
How can water be a neutral molecule but still have positive and negative chargers on it?
It is because it has positive charges (from 2 H) and negative charges (from O), that the charges balance out (negative + positive = neutral) (2H+) + (O2-) -----> H2O
What are two types of electric charge?
The two types of electric charge are positive and negative. Positive charges repel each other, as do negative charges, while opposite charges attract each other.
Do positive objects contain only positive charges?
No, positive objects can contain a mix of positive and negative charges. For example, in an atom, the nucleus contains positive protons while the surrounding electron cloud contains negative electrons.
