Electric Fields (AQA GCSE Physics): Flashcards
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Objects that create electric fields
Objects that create electric fields
Charged objects
What is at the centre of an electric field?
What is at the centre of an electric field?
Charged particle
What electric field lines show
What electric field lines show
Direction a positive test charge would move
Direction of field lines from +ve charges
Direction of field lines from +ve charges
Away from positive charges
Direction of field lines near -ve charges
Direction of field lines near -ve charges
Towards negative charges
Angle of field lines to charged surface
Angle of field lines to charged surface
Perpendicular (right angles)
Effect of distance on field strength
Effect of distance on field strength
Closer = stronger; further = weaker
Effect of charge size on field strength
Effect of charge size on field strength
Larger charge = stronger field
Force between opposite charges
Force between opposite charges
Attractive
Force between like charges
Force between like charges
Repulsive
Where uniform electric fields occur
Where uniform electric fields occur
Between 2 parallel plates with opposite charges
What do radial electric fields surround?
What do radial electric fields surround?
Single point charge