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Electric field Practice Questions 1. . When a long-haired woman puts her hands on a Van de Graaff generator—a large conducting sphere with charge being delivered to it by a conveyer belt—her hair stands on end. Which of the following explains this phenomenon? A Like charges attract B Like charges repel C Her hair will not stand on end D Her body is conducting a current to the ground E The Van de Graaf generator makes a magnetic field that draws her hair up on end 2. . Three particles, A, B, and C, are set in a line, with a distance of d between each of them, as shown above. If particle B is attracted to particle A, what can we say about the charge, , of particle A? A –q B –q 0 C 0 D 0 +q E +q 3. . A particle of charge +2q exerts a force F on a particle of charge –q. What is the force exerted by the particle of charge –q on the particle of charge +2q? A 1/2 F B 0 C 2F D F E –F 4. . Two charged particles exert a force of magnitude F on one another. If the distance between them is doubled and the charge of one of the particles is doubled, what is the new force acting between them? A 1/4 F B 1/2 F C F D 2F E 4F 5. . Four charged particles are arranged in a square, as shown above. What is the direction of the force acting on particle A? A B C D E 6. . Two identical positive charges of +Q are 1 m apart. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point A, 0.25 m to the right of the left-hand charge? A 3/4 kQ to the right B 128/9 kQ to the left C 160/9 kQ to the left D 160/9 kQ to the right E 128/9 kQ to the right 7. . A particle of charge +q is a distance r away from a charged flat surface and experiences a force of magnitude F pulling it toward the surface. What is the magnitude of the force exerted on a particle of charge +q that is a distance 2r from the surface? A 1/8 F B 1/4 F C 1/2 F D F E 2F 8. . What is the change in potential energy of a particle of charge +q that is brought from