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Why do we say that the charge acquired by a glass rod or an ebonite rod is static?

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Because charges get accumulated at the contact area, on the glass or ebonite rod.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-STATIC ELECTRICITY-MANDATORY EXERCISE (Exercise Set I)
  1. What is the smallest amount of charge available in nature?

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  2. Name the constituents of an atom.

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  3. Why do we say that the charge acquired by a glass rod or an ebonite ro...

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  4. How do you use a pith ball electroscope to detect the presence of char...

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  5. Mention the different methods of charging a gold leaf electroscope.

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  6. What is the source of electricity and electrical phenomena?

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  7. What happens during charging by conduction?

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  8. If a glass rod rubbed with silk cloth is brought in contact with a neu...

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  9. How do charges behave in the presence of other charges?

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  10. What are the charges acquired by an ebonite rod and fur when they are ...

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  11. "Unchanged bodies contain no charged particles". Is the statement true...

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  12. Atom as a whole is electrically neutral. Why?

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  13. Can a body contain + 10.25 e charge on it?

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  14. What is conservation of charge?

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  15. What are conductors? Give examples.

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  16. What are insulators? Give examples.

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  17. Explain why conductors have large number of free electrons.

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  18. Salty water contains no free electrons but can conduct electricity. Ho...

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  19. Can free electrons move in and out of the body?

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  20. Can ions behave as charge carriers in metallic conductors?

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