Several species of bacteria, Including Geobacter metallireducens, have been shown to eat electrons, bypassing the usual...

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Several species of bacteria, Including Geobacter metallireducens, have been shown to "eat" electrons, bypassing the usual process of metabolizing sugar to obtain energy. During t already have negatively charged cell membranes, acquire an even larger net negative charge, typically between 10.0e and 85.0e in magnitude. Individual Geobacter are typically 4 What are the magnitude and the direction of the electric field of a bacterium with a net negative charge of magnitude 60.0e at a distance of 1.00 mm from the microbe? (a) the magnitude (in N/C) X What is the electric field due to a point charge? Is it reasonable to approximate the bacterium as a point charge? N/C (b) the direction O radially outward radially inward What are the magnitude and the direction of the electric force on a second bacterium of net negative charge 70.0e a distance of 1.00 mm from the first bacterium? (c) the magnitude (in N) X Read the problem statement again carefully. What is the charge on each bacterium expressed as? How is electric force obtained if the electric field is known? What is the charge (d) the direction away from the first bacterium O towards the first bacterium Several species of bacteria, Including Geobacter metallireducens, have been shown to "eat" electrons, bypassing the usual process of metabolizing sugar to obtain energy. During t already have negatively charged cell membranes, acquire an even larger net negative charge, typically between 10.0e and 85.0e in magnitude. Individual Geobacter are typically 4 What are the magnitude and the direction of the electric field of a bacterium with a net negative charge of magnitude 60.0e at a distance of 1.00 mm from the microbe? (a) the magnitude (in N/C) X What is the electric field due to a point charge? Is it reasonable to approximate the bacterium as a point charge? N/C (b) the direction O radially outward radially inward What are the magnitude and the direction of the electric force on a second bacterium of net negative charge 70.0e a distance of 1.00 mm from the first bacterium? (c) the magnitude (in N) X Read the problem statement again carefully. What is the charge on each bacterium expressed as? How is electric force obtained if the electric field is known? What is the charge (d) the direction away from the first bacterium O towards the first bacterium

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