Electric Fields
Physics: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 4.2.5
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.
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.
Test yourself on Electric Fields
How can you see electric fields?
Which of the following are true of electric fields?