Insulators Conductors And Polarization Answers

Question: Why are insulators different than conductors?

Answer: Insulators do not allow charge to move freely

Question: Materials through which electrons can move readilh are classified as…

Answer: Conductors

Question: What type of things allow a charge to flow through them?

Answer: Mostly metal objects

Question: Can conductors be charged by frictional rubbing?

Answer: No, because they charge is continuously moving

Question: Why would a balloon that has been charged by being rubbed with animal fur attract to a wooden cabinet?

Answer: It is a result of polarization of wood molecules

Question: When a negatively charged balloon is brought near a neutral conducting sphere, what will happen to the sphere?

Answer: The electrons in the sphere will move away from the balloon

Question: The process of inducing the movement of charge within the sphere causing positive and negative charges to be separated is called…

Answer: Polarization

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