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Question 20
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A student says that a charged object only has an electric field around it when a second charged object is placed nearby. Why is the student wrong?

[1]
A

The field only exists while the object is being rubbed with a cloth

B

The field is created by the second charged object, not the first one

C

The field only appears when the two objects are touching each other

D

The charged object creates a field around itself with nothing nearby

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2.5 Static electricity Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /2.5 Static electricity

40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 2.5 Static electricity, covering 2.5.1 Static charge and 2.5.2 Electric fields. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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