Electric Fields
Physics: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 2.5.5
Electric Fields
Charged objects create electric fields around them.
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.
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.
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.
Test yourself on Electric Fields
How can you see electric fields?
Which of the following are true of electric fields?