Section 14.4 Electric field • Electric field line
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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)
Electric field What causes like charges to repel and unlike charges to attract? Charged objects exert electrostatic force (attractive / repulsive) on nearby objects
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Electric field charged objects sets up an electric field around it
Electric field patterns — shows E-field due to charged object
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Electric field E.H.T. power supply Expt 14A Electric field
Electric field apparatus →semolina lines up →electric field pattern
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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 20)
Electric field Electric field patterns formed by electrodes of different shapes
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Electric field
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Electric field line E-field pattern represented by ⇒ electric field lines
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shows the directions o f forces experienced by a positive tes t charge (X) in E-fiel d
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Electric field line directed from +ve char ge to −ve char ge
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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 21)
Electric field line Do not have branches
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Do not cross one another
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Class Practice 4: 4 Refer to Fig. 14.14, sketch the electric field lines between the electrodes in the electric field apparatus as shown. (a)
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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)
Thinking 6
Name one similarity between an electric field and a gravitational field. Both exert a force on an object.
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