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