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What happens to the electric field when you get farther from an electric charge?
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β 14y ago
An electric field gets stronger the closer you get to a charge exerting that field. Distance and field strength are inversely proportional. When distance is increased, field strength decreases. The opposite is true as well. Additionally, field strength varies as the inverse square of the distance between the charge and the observer. Double the distance and you will find that there is 1/22 or 1/4th the electric field strength as there was at the start of your experiment.
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What happens to the electric field around a single charge when another charge is added to the system?
The shape of the electric field is altered. The fields will react by either repelling or attracting each other.
Which of the following is true about the electric field around an electric charge?
The electric field around an electric charge varies inversely as the square of the distance to the charge.
Gets stronger as you get closer to an electric charge?
The electric field gets stronger as you get closer to an electric charge.
What happens to the size of the electric filed if the charge on the test charge is halved?
Test charge is always a test charge. The electric field does not depend on the test charge. Usually we assume the test charge to be one coulomb positive charge. Though you make it half, it would never affect the field around the primary charge
What sourrounds an electric charge?
An electric field.
What happens to the electric field around a single charge when another charge is added to the system?
The shape of the electric field is altered. The fields will react by either repelling or attracting each other.
A negatively charged object is placed within a positive electric field. what happens to the object?
Electric Field between positive and negative charges. If the Electric Field in which both the positive and negative charges are present is stronger than the Electric Field between the two charges we are talking about, the the negative charge will move away from the positive charge in that positive direction of the field. If not, then the negative charge will get attracted to the positive charge and stay at the position of the positive charge. It will be pulled toward the source of the electric field. (Novanet)
Which of the following is true about the electric field around an electric charge?
The electric field around an electric charge varies inversely as the square of the distance to the charge.
Gets stronger as you get closer to an electric charge?
The electric field gets stronger as you get closer to an electric charge.
Is electric field dependent of magnitude of charge?
Electric field is dependent on the magnitude of the electric charge, E = qzc/r2
What happens to the size of the electric filed if the charge on the test charge is halved?
Test charge is always a test charge. The electric field does not depend on the test charge. Usually we assume the test charge to be one coulomb positive charge. Though you make it half, it would never affect the field around the primary charge
An electric field gets stronger as you?
get farther from a change
What is every electric charge surrounded by?
Every electric charge is surrounded by an electric field.
What sourrounds an electric charge?
An electric field.
What is a charges electric field?
electric field due to a single charge.
What happens to the electric field around a single charge when another chrage is added to the system?
The shape of the electric field is altered. The fields will react by either repelling or attracting each other.
What happens when a charged particle is placed in the electric field of another particles with the same charge?
they either attract or repel
