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Electric Fields

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Electric Fields

Charged objects create electric fields around them.

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Electric fields

  • Charged objects create invisible electric fields around themselves, just like magnets create magnetic fields around themselves.
  • If another electrically charged object enters an electric field, the charged object will feel a force acting on it.
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Electric field direction

  • The direction of an electric field is the direction that a positively charged object would move at that point in the field.
  • The direction of an electric field is shown on a diagram by arrows drawn onto the electric field lines.
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Depends on charge and distance

  • The closer an object is to the charged object, the stronger the electric field.
  • The higher the charge of the object, the stronger the electric field.

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