What does a charged object create around itself?
an electric field
What is an electric field?
a region where a force acts on a charged particle
Where is an electric field the strongest?
What does a second object placed in an electric field experience?
experiences a force - the force gets stronger as the distance between the objects decreases
How must field lines be drawn?
must be at right angles to the surface
Field lines on a positively charged object:
a positively charged object has field lines moving away from it
Field lines on a negatively charged object:
a negative charged object has field lines moving towards it
Where is an electric field weaker?
What happens when a second charged object is put in a field and where do the thing it experiences get stronger?
What does how close together the field lines are show?
the closer together the field lines are the stronger the electric field