Chapter1.

All definitions, Give reasons and short answers

1. METHODS OF CHARGING: By friction, by contact , By
induction
2. Glass, fur, wool-positive charge & rubber , silk, ebonite ,
amber-negative charge
3. Process of charging is flow of electrons. The body which loses
more electrons and gains less becomes negatively charged.
4. Most bodies getting easily charged by friction or by contact
are insulators as charges remain localized
5. Conductors and insulators
6. Earthing is connecting a conductor to the ground by a thick
conducting wire attached to a metal plate buried into the
earth. It provides a path for charges to flow
7. Properties of charge a) Charges are additive b) Charges are
conserved in any isolated process c) charges are quantized.
Q=ne
8. DIPOLE MOMENT: it is the product of magnitude of either
charge and the length of the dipole.
9. Electric flux: The number of field lines intercepting a surface
normally is called as electric flux.
10.
Electric field lines: These are imaginary lines or curves
representing the presence of electric field and give the
direction along which a positive charge would move if it is
free to do so.
11.
Properties:
a. 2 electric field lines cannot intersect each other
because if they were to intersect then at the point of
intersection electric field will have 2 different directions.
b. The lines originate at the positive charge and
terminate at infinity or at the negative charge. Lines
can originate at infinity.
c. The relative spacing of electric field lines help to
compare the strength of the field in 2 different regions.
They are drawn closer where the field is stronger and
are spaced apart where the field is weaker (property of
conservation of energy with ch2).

d. They are continuous lines or curves without any breaks

as breaks would signify abrupt absence of electric field
which is not possible
12.
Properties of coulombs force/field/electrostatic force
a. Conservative in nature,
b. Shows inverse square dependence,
c. Acts along the line joining the centre of charges,
d. Can be positive or negative.
13.

Significance of force being

a. Positive- force is repulsive and charges are like charges
b. Negative- force is attractive and charges are unlike
14.
Dielectric constant or relative permittivity:
a. The ratio of permittivity in the medium to permittivity in
vacuum.
b. The ratio of force between 2 charges in vacuum to the
force between the same 2 charges the same distance
apart in the medium.
15.
Gauss law: the flux through a closed surface is equal to
1/0 times the total charge enclosed by the surface.
16.
S.I units electric field: N/C, V/m, electric flux- Nm 2/C ,
absolute permittivity C2/Nm2. electric dipole moment C/m
CHAPTER CHECKUP
1. WAYS OF CHARGING
2. EARTHING
3. PROPERTIES OF CHARGE
4. COULOMBS LAW, vector form, superposition
principle
5. ELECTRIC FIELD, vector form, superposition
principle
6. FIELD LINES SKETCHING AND THEIR PROPERTIES
7. ELECTRIC DIPOLE, DIPOLE MOMENT
8. FIELD ALONG AXIAL LINE, NORMAL BISECTOR ,
TORQUE IN AN EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD
9. ELECTRIC FLUX

10. GAUSS LAW

11. FIELD DUE TO :A) UNIFORMLY CHARGED STRAIGHT WIRE
B) UNIFORMLY CHARGED INFINITE SHEET OF
CHARGE
C) UNIFORMLY CHARGED SPHERICAL SHELL