Electric Field Flashcards
defined as the amount of electric force on a charged body exerted by external charged bodies.
Electric field
Electric field is a way on how charges ____ to one another.
communicate
The inverse-square law is still applicable to the electric field equation.
True
Single Isolated Charges
For a positive charge, the field lines
should be directed ____ from the
charge.
Away
Single Isolated Charges
For a negative charge, on the other
hand, the field lines will be
directed ____ it.
towards
Dipoles. (positive charge and negative charge)
Case 1: Attractive
Dipoles. (positive charges)
Case 2: Repulsive
Dipoles. (negative charges)
Case 3: Repulsive
Three Basic Rules in Drawing Electric Field Lines
1) Field lines emanate from the positive charge and terminate to the
negative charges.
2) Field lines do not intersect at one point. Field lines only meet if
the force between the charges is attractive.
3) The density of the lines (number of lines per space) represents the
strength of the field.
It can also be said that the electric field is the ______
force per unit charge.
A ____ produces an electric field around it, and a ____ will react to it by experiencing electric force.
Charge, test charge
Electric field is a
vector quantity
Electric field Formula
(Write it in a paper)
Both electrostatic and gravitational forces act between objects even if they are not in contact; thus, we call them ____.
field forces
Electric field has an SI unit of ___
newton per coulomb (N/C)