Physics 22.6 Comparing Electric and Gravitational Fields

Question 1

What are the similarities between grav and electric fields?

Similarities

Answer 1

• Field lines
• inverse square law
• field strength
• unit of field strength
• potential
• unit of potential
• potential energy of two point masses/charges
• radial fields

Question 2

What are the differences between electric and gravitational fields?

Answer 2

• action at a distance
• force
• constant of proportionality