You Can Touch a 100,000-Volt Van De Graaff Generator with Little

question 115

Multiple Choice

You can touch a 100,000-volt Van de Graaff generator with little harm because although the voltage is high, the relatively small amount of charge means there is a relatively small amount of

• A) polarization.
• B) conduction.
• C) energy.
• D) electric field.

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