Tap every statement true of Coulomb's law
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Items
- Text
- Force is proportional to the product of the charges
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Force falls off as the inverse square of distance
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- It applies to point charges
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Force is proportional to the sum of the charges
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- Force grows with distance
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- True of Coulomb's law
- Items
- Text
- Force per unit positive test charge
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Obeys the superposition principle
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Points outwards from a positive charge
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Is a scalar quantity
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- True of the ELECTRIC FIELD
Explanation
An inverse-square law between point charges, along the line joining them. Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 1 Electric Charges and Fields.