An Air-Filled Parallel Plate Capacitor Is Attached to a Voltage

question 41

Multiple Choice

An air-filled parallel plate capacitor is attached to a voltage source and charged. The voltage source is removed, and then the plates are separated to double their previous distance. What happens to the electric field between the plates when the plates are separated?

• A) It doubles.
• B) It quadruples.
• C) It halves.
• D) It is diminished by a factor of 4.
• E) It stays the same.

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Definitions:

Metacarpals

The five long bones found in the hand between the wrist (carpals) and the fingers (phalanges), making up the palm.

Phalanges

The skeletal structures found within human fingers and toes.

Carpals

The eight small bones that make up the wrist that connects the hand to the forearm.

Femur

The thigh bone, which is the longest, strongest, and heaviest bone in the human body, extending from the hip to the knee.