Electric charges bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   The study of forces and fields from static charges.

   Item

   Electrostatics

2. Clue

   The property separating the two kinds of charge.

   Item

   Polarity

3. Clue

   Lets electricity pass through it easily.

   Item

   Conductor

4. Clue

   Gold leaves that diverge when charge arrives.

   Item

   Electroscope

5. Clue

   Charge only ever comes in whole multiples of e.

   Item

   Quantisation

6. Clue

   Reached the inverse square law in 1785.

   Item

   Coulomb

7. Clue

   Add the field of each charge separately.

   Item

   Superposition

8. Clue

   Their density shows how strong the field is.

   Item

   Field lines

9. Clue

   Equal and opposite charges a short way apart.

   Item

   Dipole

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation