Name: Krystell Elaine D.

Alteza Section: BSIT - 2107

Electric Charges and Magnetic Fields

Directions: Open the Charges and Fields simulation https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/charges-and-fields/latest/charges-and-

fields_en.html. Then, answer the questions below using evidence from your observations and the data you collect. Voltage is the
difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit (expressed in volts).

1. Check all the boxes as shown

What do you observe about the electric field (E – field – small red arrows with tiny
holes in them) when you place two “like” charges (positive and positive OR negative
and negative) 2 meters apart? Record the voltage.

Answer: What I’ve observed about the electric field when I placed two “like” charges,
which is the both positive charges, 2 meter apart is that the two fields clash and they
go up and down. In addition, the voltage record is 17.90 V.

2. Change the distance between your “like” charges to ½ meter. How did this affect your electric field? Record the voltage.

Answer: As I change the distance between both positive charges to half a meter, I noticed that it affects my electric
field by creating a wall that is perfect. Recording the voltage, it is 12.76 V.
3. Now, PRESS the reset button. Place two opposite charges 2 meters apart. How does this affect your electric field? Record
the voltage.

Answer: As I pressed the reset button and placed two opposite charges 2 meters apart, the electrical field affected
by way that the field from positive gets absorbed into negative. Voltage is 0.143 V.

4. Next, move your opposite charges within a ½ meter from one another and record your observations. How does this affect
your electric field? Record the voltage.

Answer: As I move the opposite charges within a half meter from one another, I noticed that it affects the electricity
field just like how it affects the electrical field from the previous number, that the field from positive gets absorbed
into negative but just nearer unlike before. The voltage is -0.798 V.

5. Place an electric field sensor (yellow circle) a ½ meter from a positive charge, and then slowly move it further from the
charge (up to 2 meters away). What do you notice about the size of the arrow, which represents electric force?

Answer: As I place an electric field sensor a half meter from a positive charge and slowly move it further from
charge up to 2 meters away, I noticed that the size of the arrow which is the electric force, gets smaller and
smaller as I move it away from the charge.
 6. CONCLUSIONS: Which charged particles repel each other? Which charged particles were attracted to each other? What
caused the electric force to increase and decrease (size of arrow given off by the E-Field sensor – yellow circle)?

Answer: The charged particles that repel each other are the like particles, while the charged particles that were
attracted to each other are the opposite particles. The arrow causes the electric force to increase when it is
closer to the charge and it decreases as it is moved away from the charge.

Directions: Open the Faraday’s Law simulation: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/faradays-law/latest/faradays-law_en.html.

Then, answer the questions below using evidence from your observations.

BE SURE TO SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW

LESS AND MORE COILS OF WIRE.

1. First, slowly move the magnet into the shorter coil of wire (the coil near the top). What happens to the voltage when the
magnetic field lines that are closer together (at the North and South Poles) move through the wire, compared to when the
 middle of the magnet moves through the coil?

When the magnetic field lines that are closer together move through the wire the voltage moves. For the north end, it

causes the voltage to go into the negative end. As for the south end, the voltage goes into the positive end. The voltage

doesn’t move or it does nothing when the middle goes through the coil.

2. Next, move the same magnet through the longer coil of wire (the coil near the bottom). Move the magnet the same as
before. Do you notice any differences in voltage? Why or why not?

As I move the same magnet through the longer coil of wire and move it the same as before, I noticed some differences in

voltage. Though having the result of the exact same thing as before, the voltage in this one goes further than the previous

coil. Ending up with that probability, the fact that the coil gets bigger, it definitely causes a lot more electricity and it is

undeniably shown on the simulation as the bulb produces more light than before.

3. Flip the battery and repeat the procedures above, do you notice any differences? Why or why not?

Flipping the battery and repeats the procedures above, I notice that it does not make any difference, because it’s just

flipped and can still function.

4. Does the speed at which you move the magnet inside of the coils have any effect on voltage? Support your observations
with evidence from the simulation.

Yes, the speed at which I move the magnet inside of the coils have an effect on voltage. To support my answer, I’ve put

some evidence from the simulation and it shows from the illustrations below. We can see that the voltage changes, it goes

negative, goes back to normal, or even go positive as it depends on the battery or the magnet’s application through the coil.
CONCLUSION: ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER, DESCRIBE WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY. USE EVIDENCE YOU GATHERED DURING BOTH SIMULATIONS TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.

Answer: What I’ve learned about the relationship between magnetism and electricity starting from number 1 to 6 of the

Charges and Fields activity part is that, the electric fields clash and goes up and down when two “like” charges either

positive or negative were put together. Also, changing the distance between particles will also have an effect to the

electricity from the electric field. For opposite charges, the electrical field also affects by absorbing the positive into

negative when the two charges are out together in an electric field. Moving it apart or changing the distance between

opposite charges will just occur as the same as the distance before, and the electricity will be just alike. By using electric

field sensor, the electric force will be known, the electricity gets bigger when the charges are near and it gets smaller when

it is sensed from a far. Charged particles will repel each other when they are alike, while opposite particles are the ones that

are attracted to each other. The increasing and decreasing phase of the electric force is depend on how near or far the

arrow is from the charges. That is for the electricity part. Proceeding to the next part, where magnetism and electricity

obviously occurs and is visible on our daily life activities such as switch on or off the lights or having it inside our house or

outside like on the streets and everywhere, I’ve learned that electricity gets stronger when magnetism gets stronger as well,

if the magnet is big and the thing like coil is bigger, it affects the magnet in a large amount of affection for electricity, the

voltage gets stronger as well and produces power or light depending on the magnet and coil’s amount.