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Non-Contact Forces Unit Test

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Question
Which statement about electric charges is correct?(1 point)
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An object with a negative charge and an object with a positive charge will attract each other.
An object with a negative charge and an object with a positive charge will attract each other.

An object with a positive charge and an object with a negative charge will repel each other.
An object with a positive charge and an object with a negative charge will repel each other.

Two objects with negative charges will attract each other.
Two objects with negative charges will attract each other.

Two objects with positive charges will attract each other.

1 answer

The correct statement about electric charges is:

An object with a negative charge and an object with a positive charge will attract each other.

The other statements are incorrect because:

  • An object with a positive charge and an object with a negative charge will not repel each other; they will attract.
  • Two objects with negative charges will repel each other.
  • Two objects with positive charges will also repel each other.