For a fixed plate separation and voltage, what happens to the stored energy as the plates...

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For a fixed plate separation and voltage, what happens to thestored energy as the plates are brought closer together?

Increases

It stays the same

Decreases

For a fixed charge what happens to the capacitance of a parallelplate capacitor if the distance between the plates isincreased?

Increases

It stays the same

Decreases

For a fixed charge, what would happen to the capacitance of aparallel plate capacitor if the area of the plates wereincreased?

It stays the same

Increases

Decreases

What happens to the capacitance if a conductor is placed betweenthe plates?

Decreases

It stays the same

Increases

What is the capacitance of a cylindrical coaxial capacitor withinner radius a=2cm, outer radius b= 4cm, and length L=10cm?

2.5 pF

-8 pF

8 pF

4 pF

What happens to the capacitance if a dielectric is insertedbetween the plates?

Decreases

Increases

It doesn't change

A dielectric with dielectric constant 4 is inserted between aparallel plate capacitor filling it completely. If the capacitancebefore the inserting the dielectric was 100pF what is the newcapacitance?

400 pF

100 pF

25 pF

1600 pF

For a fixed separation, what happens to the capacitance of aparallel plate capacitor if the charge is increased?

It remains the same

Increases

Decreases

What is true about capacitance?

It depends on both geometry and charge

It only depends on geometry

It only depends on the charge

What is the energy stored in a 1000nF capacitor if there are 2Vapplied?

4x10-6 J

2x10-6 J

1.25x10-7 J

1x10-6 J

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1 Increases Because by bringing the plates closer we are increasing the capacity of the capacitor hence the energy will also be increasing 2 Decreases Because the capacitance value of capacitor is inversely proportional to the distance    See Answer
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