Question

A positively charged rod is brought close to one end of a neutral metallic plate as seen below. What type of charge is induced on the right side of the plate?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Neutral
D. Mixed charges

Answer 1

Answer;

A. Positive

Explanation;

• When a rod with positive charge is placed near a neutral piece of metal, positive charges in the metal are repelled by the positive charge on the rod.
• The negative electrons move towards the positively charged rod.
• The metal now has more negative charge at the end near the rod and more positive charge at the end away from the rod.
• The positively charged rod attracts the nearer negative charge more strongly than it repels the farther positive charge and an attractive force results.