Determine the surface charge density on the ground

Reference no: EM13704353

Solve the all parts of given question:

Question: In fair weather, the electric field in the air at a particular location immediately above the Earth's surface is 127 N/C directed downward.

Part A: What is the surface charge density on the ground?

magnitude : _____________________nC/m²

Part B: Imagine the surface charge density is uniform over the planet. What then is the charge of the whole surface of the Earth?

_______________________ kC

Part C: What is the Earth's electric potential due to this charge?

_____________________MV

Part D: What is the difference in potential between the head and the feet of a person 1.58 m tall? (Ignore any charges in the atmosphere.)

_______________________V

Part E: Imagine the Moon, with 27.3% of the radius of the Earth, had a charge 27.3% as large, with the same sign. Find the electric force the Earth would then exert on the Moon.

Magnitude :______________________N

Part F: Compare the answer to part (e) with the gravitational force the Earth exerts on the Moon.

Fgravitational /Felectric =_______________________

Please explain the equations and steps and numbers are used to get the answer. Thanks!

Reference no: EM13704353

Questions Cloud

What is the distance of the magnetic field from the wire : In a physics lab, a student discovers that the magnitude of the magnetic field at a certain distance from a long wire is 3.0 µT. What is the distance of the magnetic field from the wire

What is the current in the light bulb : A light bulb has a resistance of 275 ohm when operating with a potential difference of 230 V across it. What is the current in the light bulb

What is the total charge passing a given point : An electric current in a conductor varies with time according to the expression I(t) = 104 sin (160t), What is the total charge passing a given point in the conductor from t = 0 to t = 1/240 s

What is the single organic starting material needed : Question- What is the single organic starting material (reagent) needed to produce the following and the reaction?

Determine the surface charge density on the ground : In fair weather, the electric field in the air at a particular location immediately above the Earth's surface is 127 N/C directed downward. What is the surface charge density on the ground

A reaction scheme to produce organic material : Question- starting with only 1-propanol as your ONLY organic starting material, come up with a reaction scheme to produce

Calculate the line voltage drop : A farm house generates its own power at 120/240V AC. A 2-wire 240v copper wire line from the generator shed runs 930 ft to the barn, Calculate the line voltage drop

Estimate what is the capacitance : A parallel-plate capacitor has square plates of edge length 1.3 cm and a plate spacing of 0.013 mm. what is the capacitance

What is the value of the current density : The quantity of charge q (in coulombs) that has passed through a surface of area 1.95 cm2 varies with time according to the equation q = 3t3 + 7t + 6, What is the value of the current density

User Account

All Pages