The further apart the charged things are,
the weaker the forces of attraction and repulsion are.
What are Attraction and Repulsion?
Opposite charges attract (pull towards
each other).
Like charges repel (push away from
each other).
This means that two positively charged things will repel each other
and two negatively charged things will
repel each other.
One positively charged thing
and
one negatively charged thing
will
attract each other.
The further apart the charged things are,
the weaker the forces of attraction
and repulsion are.
You can show whether something
is charged or not
by using a gold leaf electroscope.
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