Bees develop a positive charge as they fly through the air. when a bee lands on a flower, charge is transferred, and an opposite charge is induced in the earth below the flower. the flower and the ground together make a capacitor; a typical value is 0.60 pf. if a flower is charged to 30 v relative to the ground, a bee can reliably detect the added charge and then avoids the flower in favor of flowers that have not been recently visited. approximately how much charge must a bee transfer to the flower to create a 30 v potential difference?

You've already seen the value of 9.8 in this lesson. what's this value called? what quantity does it represent?

What is the weight of a feather (mass = 0.0001 kg) that floats through earth's and the moon's atmospheres?

Electric field of the earth. the earth has a net electric charge that causes a field at points near its surface equal to 150 n> c and directed in toward the center of the earth. (a) what magnitude and sign of charge would a 60-kg human have to acquire to overcome his or her weight by the force exerted by the earth’s electric field? (b) what would be the force of repulsion between two people each with the charge calculated in part (a) and separated by a distance of 100 m? is use of the earth’s electric field a feasible means of flight? why or why not?