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1. State the law of electrostatic charge.

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2. A small chain is often seen hanging at the back of a petrol carrying lorry. State and
explain its significance. (2mk
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3. The figure below shows an uncharged pith ball under the attraction of a charged ball.

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Pith balls
State and explain what would be observed after the two pith ball touch. (2mk
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4. The figure below shows a negatively charged rod placed near an uncharged
conductor resting on an insulation support.

Conductor

Negatively
charged rod
Insulator

a) Show the charge distribution on the conductor. (1mk)


b) State the effect
I) Of momentarily touching the conductor with a finger while the charged rod is
still near the conductor. (1mk)
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II) On the charge distribution of withdrawing the negatively charged rod after
momentarily touching the conductor (1mk)
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5. An uncharged metal rod brought close to but not touching the cap of a charged
electroscope caused decrease in the divergence of the leaf. Explain this observation.
(1 mk)
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6. A positively charged rod is brought near the cap of a lightly charged electroscope.
The leaf divergence first reduces and as the rod comes nearer, it diverges more.
State and explain the charge on the electroscope. (1mk)
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7. A negatively charged rod is brought near the cap of a lightly charged electroscope.
The leaf divergence first reduces but as the rod comes nearer, it diverges more.
(i) State the charge of the electroscope.
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(ii) Explain the behaviour of the leaf above. (2mk)
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8. The diagram shows a positively charged acetate strip and a negatively charged
polythene strip that are freely suspended.

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++ - --
Acetate Polythene strip

Two rods X and Y are brought up in turn to these two strips. Rod X attracts the
acetate strip but repels the polythene strip. Rod Y does not repel either the acetate
strip or the polythene strip. State the type of charge is on each rod. (2mk)
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9. A gold leaf electroscope is positively changed as shown in the figure below where C is
the cap and L is the gold leaf. State and explain what happens to L when a highly
negatively charged rod is brought near C without touching it. (2mk)
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+ ++ ………………………………………………………………………………………
+ +
+
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10. The diagram below shows a gold leaf electroscope which is positively charged. A
charged polythene rod is brought near the brass cap.
+++++++ Brass cap

X
Gold leaf
Metal
++
+ ++ Y
+

i) Explain briefly how the electroscope was charged using negatively charged rod.
(3mk)
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ii) Suggest a suitable material of the part labeled A. (1mk)
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iii) What is the function of partY
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11. Figure below shows a charged leaf electroscope

An identical but uncharged electroscope is brought near the electroscope shown


above and the two connected with a conducting wire. State and explain what
is observed on the leaves of the two electroscopes. (2mk)
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12. Figure represents a step in charging a material B negatively by induction.

A (i) What is the charge on A? (1mk)


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B --- (ii) Explain what happens at C.
(2mk)
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13. The figure below shows two identical electroscopes. The one on the right is charged
but the one on the left is not. On the space besides the diagram, show the charge
distribution after the caps of the two electroscopes are connected by a thin
conducting wire (2mk)

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+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +

14. Two metallic spheres A, B stand in contact as shown. A positively charged rod is held
near sphere A.
After separation.
A B A B
+
+
+
+ Insulating
rods

(i) Show the charge on each sphere when the metallic balls are separated and the rod
is removed. (1mk)

(ii) Why are the balls supported on insulated stands? (1mk)


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15. The figure below shows a positively charged metal plate with an earthing connection.
Using an arrow, show the direction of charges through the earth connection and
explain the final charge of the plate. (2mk)
Metal plate
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16. You are provided with a charged electroscope, an insulator and a conductor. Describe
how you would use these apparatus to distinguish the insulator from the conductor.
(2mk)
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17. On a dusty day, clean polished shoes attract a lot of dust. Explain this.(1mk)
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