Transition – Are you ready for year 11?
Electrostatics Key Knowledge:
- Matter is made up of protons and electrons (and neutrons)
- Transfer of electrons can form an imbalance of charge leaving materials positively or negatively charged.
- Insulators hold their charges while conductors allow charges to pass through them
- An elementaty charge is equal to 1.602 x 10-19 Coulombs
- Understand coulombs Law and use it to solve problems
- Understand the relationship between electrice Field, Charge and Force
The video below introduces a few basic concepts behind static electricity:
Coulomb’s law
The video below will help you to understand the inverse square law and how it relates to coulomb’s law