4.2.5.2 Electric Fields

Question 1

What does a charged object create around itself?

Answer 1

an electric field

Question 2

What is an electric field?

Answer 2

a region where a force acts on a charged particle

Question 3

Where is an electric field the strongest?

Answer 3

• the electric field is strongest closest to the charged object

Question 4

What does a second object placed in an electric field experience?

Answer 4

experiences a force - the force gets stronger as the distance between the objects decreases

Question 5

How must field lines be drawn?

Answer 5

must be at right angles to the surface

Question 6

Field lines on a positively charged object:

Answer 6

a positively charged object has field lines moving away from it

Question 7

Field lines on a negatively charged object:

Answer 7

a negative charged object has field lines moving towards it

Question 8

Where is an electric field weaker?

Answer 8

• the further away from the object, the weaker the field

Question 9

What happens when a second charged object is put in a field and where do the thing it experiences get stronger?

Answer 9

• a second charged object placed in an electric field experiences a force - the force gets stronger as the distance between the objects decreases

Question 10

What does how close together the field lines are show?

Answer 10

the closer together the field lines are the stronger the electric field