Question

Q2) The diagram given below show a device,
a) Name the device.
electroscope
b) What is it used for?
c) What is the difference between the two
diagrams? State the reason behind it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) scientific instrument.

b)Electroscope, instrument for detecting the presence of an electric charge or of ionizing radiation, usually consisting of a pair of thin gold leaves suspended from an electrical conductor that leads to the outside of an insulating container.

c) oneone of them have one Chennai gold lift attracted to the bottom end of this rod and one of them have to gold leaf attracted to the bottom and end of this rod.

Answer 2

Answer:

Electoscope is a device used in early times  to detect presence of electric charge on a body.

In the year 1600, British physician William Gilbert invented the first electroscope with a pivoted needle called versorium.