Electric Charge
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Objective
I can explain the fundamental properties of electric charge, including the concepts of positive and negative charge, and the law of conservation of charge.
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Define electric charge and explain the difference between positive and negative charge.
Explain the law of conservation of charge in your own words. Provide an example of how this law applies in a closed system.
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Exit ticket
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“If an object has 5 × 10¹⁵ positive charges and 3 × 10¹⁵ negative charges, what is the net charge of the object in terms of positive or negative? A system initially contains 8 Coulombs of positive charge and 5 Coulombs of negative charge. If 2 Coulombs of positive charge are removed, what is the new net charge of the system? ”
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