The table shows the charges and the distance between five different pairs of objects.If the force between two charges, q, separated by a distance, d, is F, what is the list of the other forces, from greatest to least?
Rolanda sees an error in her friend’s graphic organizer comparing electrical and gravitational forces.

A negative charge, q1, of 6 µC is 0.002 m north of a positive charge, q2, of 3 µC. What is the magnitude and direction of the electrical force, Fe, applied by q1 on q2?
Which statements correctly compare the gravitational force with the electrical force? Check all that apply.
How does the electrical force relate to the distance between two charged objects?
How does the electrical force relate to the charge of an object?
The table lists the values of the electrical force and the gravitational force between two protons.
A positive charge, q1, of 5 µC is 3 × 10–2 m west of a positive charge, q2, of 2 µC. What is the magnitude and direction of the electrical force, Fe, applied by q1 on q2?
What is the equation for calculating the electrical force, Fe, between two charges?




The magnitude of the electrical force acting between a +2.4 × 10–8 C charge and a +1.8 × 10–6 C charge that are separated by 0.008 m is N, rounded to the tenths place.
Three charges are located at the vertices of a triangle, as shown.
The table lists the mass and charge of a proton and a neutron.How do the gravitational and electrical forces between a proton and a neutron compare?
The direction of electrical force is based on the fact that like charges will each other.
Three charges are located at the vertices of a triangle, as shown.
When studying atoms, scientists can ignore the ______ force between charged particles that make up the atoms because it is many millions of times smaller than other forces in the atom.
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