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True or false are charges in an electric circuit flow because of a difference in electrical potential energy?
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How can electric potential be high when electrical potential energy is realitively low?
Electric potential can be high when electrical potential energy is relatively low if the charge is low as well. ... It is correct to say that an object with twice the electric potential of another has twice the electrical potential energy only if the charges are the same.
Explain why an electric discharge occurs?
Because there is a potential difference between two objects.
Difference in electrical potential between two points?
The electrical potential of a point is a value that is related to how much potential energy a charged particle at that position has, based on the electric field around it (it is however not the same as the potential energy). Electric fields are conserved force fields. What this means is that, if you go from one place to another, it does not matter which way oyu take, the energy it takes depends only on the start and end positions. This also applies to the potential (in fact, the potential wouldn't exist if it wouldn't). So to find the difference in potential, you just subtract the potential at one point from the potential at the other point. This simple subtraction is only possible because the potential is conservative. If you travel from your house to the supermarket, the energy it takes you very much depends on which road you choose. Because of that, you can't say what the energy difference (related to potential) is between your house and the supermarket without specifying how you travel.
Why is potentials energy sometimes called stored energy?
Because it is. Gravitational potential energy is energy stored in the gravitational field, electrical potential energy is energy stored in the electric field, magnetic potential energy is stored in the magnetic field, etc.
When an electrical charge moves from a higher potential energy to a lower potential energy does what?
when an electric charger moves from higher to lower potential energy, it supplies energy to us but when it is moved from lower to higher potential, we have to supply energy to it........... because every thing has a tendency to move from a point of higher potential to lower potential........
Do charges in an electric circuit flow because of a difference in electrical potential energy?
"voltage" (also referred to as 'potential')
Are Charges in an electric circuit flow because of a difference in electrical potential energy true or false?
TRUE
How can electric potential be high when electrical potential energy is realitively low?
Electric potential can be high when electrical potential energy is relatively low if the charge is low as well. ... It is correct to say that an object with twice the electric potential of another has twice the electrical potential energy only if the charges are the same.
Explain why an electric discharge occurs?
Because there is a potential difference between two objects.
What instrument measures electrical energy?
BTUAnswerBTU AnswerBritish thermal unit; BTU
Difference in electrical potential between two points?
The electrical potential of a point is a value that is related to how much potential energy a charged particle at that position has, based on the electric field around it (it is however not the same as the potential energy). Electric fields are conserved force fields. What this means is that, if you go from one place to another, it does not matter which way oyu take, the energy it takes depends only on the start and end positions. This also applies to the potential (in fact, the potential wouldn't exist if it wouldn't). So to find the difference in potential, you just subtract the potential at one point from the potential at the other point. This simple subtraction is only possible because the potential is conservative. If you travel from your house to the supermarket, the energy it takes you very much depends on which road you choose. Because of that, you can't say what the energy difference (related to potential) is between your house and the supermarket without specifying how you travel.
Why you get an electric shock if you touch live and neutral wire?
Because there is a potential difference between the live and neutral wires.
It is the membrane potential of a neuron at rest?
Yes,the membrane potential of a neuron is at rest because it is the difference in electrical charge between inside and outside a resting neuron.
What does voltage cause the flow of?
there is a difference in electrical potential energy.
What is single electrode potential?
An electrode potential is the potential difference that develops when an electrode of one element is placed in a solution containing its ions. In a galvanic cell, electricity is produced by the electrode potential of the two metal electrodes and their corresponding electrolytes.
Why voltage is measured between 2 points?
because voltage is the 'electrical potential difference'. since a "difference" can only be evaluated between two points so is voltage :)
Why electric field is negative gradient of electric potential?
This is because potential decreases if we move further from a positive plate
