Physics 10th - Question Answers
ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER # 16
Q.1: What do you know about the electrical nature of matter?
Ans:
Matter is made up of atoms and an atom consists of three elementary particles called neutron, proton, and electron.
- Proton is positively charged and present in the nucleus. It is 1836 times heavier than an electron.
- Neutron has no charge. It is also present in the nucleus. Its mass is equal to the mass of a proton.
- Electron is a negatively charged particle. Its charge is equal to the charge of a proton. Electrons move around the nucleus in orbits.
