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What type of energy is stored and ready to do work due to gravity?
Electric potential energy
Gravitational potential energy
Thermal energy
Kinetic energy
What determines the sign of electric potential energy?
Whether energy is gained or lost
Its direction
The speed of the charge
The temperature of the charge
What unit is used to measure electric potential energy?
Watts
Volts
Coulombs
Joules
How is electric potential energy calculated between two charges?
Multiplying the charges and the distance
Multiplying the charges and dividing by the distance
Dividing one charge by the other
Adding the charges and multiplying by the distance
What does a negative electric potential energy indicate?
Work must be done to keep charges apart
No work is needed to keep charges apart
Repulsion between charges
Attraction between charges
What is electric potential also known as?
Joule
Watt
Voltage
Coulomb
How is electric potential different from electric potential energy?
It is measured in Joules
It is a vector quantity
It cannot be negative
It measures energy per unit charge
What factor does not affect electric potential at a point?
The distance from the charge
The charge creating the potential
The amount of charge
The temperature of the environment
How do you calculate the total electric potential at a point from multiple charges?
By dividing the potentials
By subtracting the potentials
By multiplying the potentials
By adding the potentials
What is the electric potential at a point due to a single charge?
The distance divided by the charge and Coulomb's constant
The charge divided by Coulomb's constant and distance
Coulomb's constant times the charge divided by distance
Coulomb's constant divided by the charge and distance
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