2. ELECTRIC CHAGE
Electric charge or simply charge is a physical
property of matter that causes it to experience a force
(push or pull) when placed in an electromagnetic
field.
There are 2 types of charge:
•Positive: Carried by protons
•Negative: Carried by electrons
3. Law of electric
charges
The law of charges was discovered by
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
It says that objects with the same
charge repel, or push away from
each other. Opposite charges
attract, or pull together.
4. Classwork
1. What is an electric charge? Explain with your words
2. What are the two kinds of charged particles in atoms?
What is their charge?
3. Who discovered the law of electric charges? Write
some details about his life.
4. What does the law of electric charges say about two
objects that each have a positive charge?
5. Why do the two balls in the figure attract each
other??
6. What would happen if the balls in the figure had no
charge?
7. Represent law of electric charge using drawings