Chapter 16: Electric Charge and Electric Field
Objectives

• What is Static Electricity?
• Why are there two types of charges (positive and negative)?
• How is Electric Charge distributed in atoms and molecules?
• What is the difference in the way various materials handle moving charge?
• What are Conductors?
• What are Insulators?
• What are Semiconductors?
• How can I use the Electroscope to study electricity?
• The Electric Force—how is it like and unlike the gravitational force?
• Electrostatics is the study of charges at rest. How can I solve Electrostatics Problems?
• The Electric Field—what is it and how does it help us understand Electricity?
• How can Electric Field Lines help me develop an intuitive understanding of electrostatics?