Question

Question

A teacher tells her students that the space around a charged particle will exert a force on any other charged particle that is placed within this space. She places an object between two charged metal plates, one plate that is positively charged and one plate that is negatively charged. Which argument BEST supports what will happen?(1 point)
Responses

An object with a negative charge will remain stationary between the plates.
An object with a negative charge will remain stationary between the plates.

A neutrally-charged object will move toward the negative plate.
A neutrally-charged object will move toward the negative plate.

An object with a positive charge will move toward the negative plate.
An object with a positive charge will move toward the negative plate.

A neutrally-charged object will move toward the positive plate.

Answer 1

The argument that BEST supports what will happen is:

An object with a positive charge will move toward the negative plate.

This statement correctly describes the behavior of charged objects in an electric field created by two charged plates. A positively charged object will experience an attractive force towards the negatively charged plate. Meanwhile, a negatively charged object would move toward the positive plate. A neutrally charged object would experience no net force and remain stationary. Therefore, the statement about the positively charged object moving toward the negative plate is the best choice among the given options.