TEST OUTLINE: ELECTROSTATICS:

TEST DATE: Friday, March 7

on test:

multiple choice (5 marks)

true/false (5 marks)

Calculation (12 marks)

Essay type (8 marks)

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total: 30

 

  1. Methods of charging
  2. Basic calculations: (ie: how many Coulomb's in "X" electrons)
  3. Coulomb's Law
  4. Electric potential energy (with variations of the basic equation)
  5. Various electrostatics terms and equations: field intensity, voltage
  6. Milliken Type problems (parallel charged plates arranged horizontally)
  7. Basic "motion of charged particle" problem (not including 2 dimensional)
  8. Applications of electrostatics (such as electronic air cleaner, cathode ray tube: How do they work?)