To say that electric charge is quantized is to say that the charge on an object
A) is sometimes positive.
B) will interact with neighboring electric charges.
C) may occur in an infinite variety of quantities.
D) is a whole-number multiple of the charge of one electron.
E) can be neither created nor destroyed.

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The quantization of electric charge means that any charge can be expressed as an integer multiple of the elementary charge (e), which is the charge of a single electron (or proton, with the opposite sign). This does not imply that charge comes in infinite varieties (C), nor does it directly relate to the conservation of charge (E), interactions with other charges (B), or the sign of the charge (A).

To Say That Electric Charge Is Quantized Is to Say