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1. A balloon becomes negatively charged after being rubbed by Albert the Physics Cat, acquiring 7.8 x 1017 electrons. 2. A current of 5 x 10-3 A is produced when a +125 μC charge is moved past a point in a conductor in 25.0 ms. 3. A lightning strike involving a current of 1250 A for 1.25 ms transfers a charge of 1.56 C.

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Topic 5.1 - Electric Fields Formative Assessment NAME

1. A balloon becomes negatively charged after being rubbed by Albert the Physics Cat, acquiring 7.8 x 1017 electrons. 2. A current of 5 x 10-3 A is produced when a +125 μC charge is moved past a point in a conductor in 25.0 ms. 3. A lightning strike involving a current of 1250 A for 1.25 ms transfers a charge of 1.56 C.

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Topic 5.

1 – Electric fields Formative Assessment


NAME: _________________________________
THIS IS A PRACTICE ASSESSMENT. Show formulas, substitutions, answers (in spaces provided) and units!

A balloon becomes charged to 125 mC by rubbing it on Albert the Physics Cat.


1. What is the sign of the charge the balloon acquires? 1. ____(-) negative____

2. How many electrons are transferred between the balloon and Albert?
1.25 x 10-1 / 1.6 x 10-19 = 7.8 x 1017 2. _____7.8 x 1017_____

3. How do the charges of the balloon and Albert compare?


3. ___The balloon now is negatively charged while Albert is positively charged____

The following questions are about electric current.


4. A +125 C charge is moved past a point in a conductor in 25.0 ms. What is the value of the electric
current involved in this movement? 1.25 x 10-4 / 2.5 x 10-2 = 5 x 10-3 C s-1 4. ____5 x 10-3 A____

5. An electrical discharge between a cloud and a lightning rod has a current of 1250 A for a time of 1.25
ms. How much electric charge was involved in this lightning strike? 5. ______1.56 C___________
1250 x 1.25 x 10-3 = 1.56 C
Two equal point charges of +125 C are placed 0.625 mm apart.
6. If the charges are located in air, or vacuum, what is their electric force? Is it attractive or repulsive?
{ [ 1/4π(8.85 x 10-12) ] x [1.25 x 10-4]2 } / (3.125 x 10-4)2 = 1.44 x 109 N 6. ____1.44 x 109 N___

7. If the charges now have a 0.625 mm layer of mica between them, what is the new electric force
between them? Assume this purity of mica has a permittivity of 7.50 times that of free space.
7. _________________

A conducting sphere of radius 0.125 m holds an electric


charge of Q = +80.0 mC. A charge q = +20.0 mC is located in the
vicinity of Q.
8. Find the electric force between the two charges if q is
located 0.25 m from the surface of Q.
8. _____102 N_______
(8.99 x 109) x (8.0 x 10-5) x (2.0 x 10-5) / (0.25 + 1.25 x 10-1)2 = 102 N
9. Find the electric force between the two charges if q is moved onto the surface of Q.
(8.99 x 109) x (8.0 x 10-5) x (2.0 x 10-5) / (1.25 x 10-1)2 = 920 N 9. ______920 N______

10. If the mass of q is 0. 250 g what is its initial acceleration if released from this new position?
F = ma a = F/m 920 / (2.5 x 10-4) = 3.7 x 106 m s-2 10. ___3.7 x 106 m s-2__

A +50 mC charge is located in free space.


11. Find the electric field strength 0.25 m from the charge. 11. __7.2 x 106 N C-1__
9 -5 2 6 -1
(8.99 x 10 ) x (5.0 x 10 ) / (0.25) = 7.2 x 10 N C
12. Find the force acting on an electron that is 0.25 m from the charge. Is it attractive, or is it repulsive?
(7.2 x 106) x (-1.6 x 10-19) = -1.2 x 10-12 N 12. ___-1.2 x 10-12 N, attractive____
Two charges of -0.64 C each are located at opposite corners of a square having a side of 0.0225 m.
13. Find the electric field strength at the center of the square. 13. ______0 N_______
Vectors are in opposite direction = cancel out each other
14. Find the electric field strength at one of the unoccupied corners. 14. ________________

Er2 = E12 + E22


The following question is about sketching electric field lines.
15. Charge A is -3 C, charge B is +3 C, charge C is -6 C
and charge D is +6 C. Assume the charges are far
enough apart that their fields do not affect one
another. Sketch in the electric field lines about
all four charges so that their densities are
correct relative to one another. 15. ____In figure_____

A charge of q = -25.0 mC and m = 0.00125 g is moved


from Plate A, having a voltage (potential) of 250.0 V to
Plate B, having a voltage (potential) of 0.000 V. The
distance from A to B is 0. 125 cm.
16. Sketch in the electric field lines, both in between the
plates, and partially outside them. 16. __In figure___

17. What is the potential difference undergone by the charge? 17. ________________

18. What is the work done in moving the charge from A to B? Express your answer in both J and eV.
18. _______________________

19. What is the magnitude of the electric field between the plates? 19. ________________

20. What is the acceleration of the charge q? Ignore the weight of the charge. 20. ________________

Suppose the current in a 1.85 mm diameter copper wire is 2.00 A is used to light a bulb, and the number
density of the free electrons in the metal of the wire is 2.50 ´1025 m-3.
21. Find the drift velocity of the electrons. 21. ________________

22. How long would it take an electron with this drift velocity to travel 4.50 m from an on-off switch
through a wire to the bulb? 22. ________________

23. Explain, then, why the bulb lights up immediately when the switch allows the current to begin
flowing.
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