True or false on electric charge

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Like charges repel each other.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Charge is a vector quantity.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Charge is conserved in an isolated system.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A free charge can be half of e.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The SI unit of charge is the coulomb.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Millikan first suggested quantisation.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation