PhysicsLAB: Drill: Electrostatics

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	What is the formula to calculate the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor using ε_o, A, and d?

	What is a symbol for a capacitor

	what is the unit to measure potential

	what is the unit to measure charge

	what is the unit to measure electric field strength

	what is the configuration of the electric field between two similarly charged point charges

	what is the configuration of the electric field between two oppositely charged point charges

	what is the configuation of the electric field between to parallel plates of oppsite charge

	What is the formula relating the dielectric constant to relative electric field strengths and capacitances?

	What is the rules for capacitance of capacitors connected in series?

	What is the rules for capacitance of capacitors connected in parallel?

	What is the formula that relates the charge, voltage and capacitance of a capacitor?

	What is the formula to calculate the energy stored in a capacitor?

	What is a dielectric?

	What is the formula to calculate electric field strength at a distance r from a point charge?

	What is the formula to calculate the electric potential at a distance r from a point charge?

	What is the formula to calculate the electric force between two point charges?

	Which is a scalar quantity: voltage or electric field strength?

	In which direction do electric field lines "point?"

	What unit measures capacitance?

	What is the formula to calculate the kinetic energy an electron gains by being accelerated across a potential difference of V volts?

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