1.1. Figure 1 shows a Van de Graaff generator that is used to make pupils’ hair stand on end the world over.

Figure 1

Explain how an object with no charge may become positively charged.

1.2. On the diagram below, draw the electric field pattern around the Van de Graaff generator’s dome.

1.3. A negatively charged object is placed at each of the positions shown below: A, B, C, and D.

Identify the point at which the object would experience the greatest force.

Position ________