AQA A Level Physics- Electric Fields

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1. Coulomb's law equation

2. What is Coulomb's law Coulomb's law states that the electrical force be-
(description) tween two charged objects is directly proportional
to the product of the quantity of charge on the ob-
jects and inversely proportional to the square of
the separation distance between the two objects

3. In what way is Coulomb's They are both inverse square laws - force is
law similar to Newton's inversely proportional to square of the distance
law of gravitation? between two masses/charges.

4. force between two like repulsive. F is positive

charges

5. force between two oppo- attractive. F is negative

site charges

6. What does µ0represent? Permittivity of free space

7. Define electric field force per unit charge

strength acting on a positive charge

8. electric field strength N C-1

unit or V m-1

9. Define electric potential work done per unit charge on a small positive
at a point in an electric test charge required to move it from that point to
field infinity in the field

10.
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Electric field strength is In the direction of the force acting on a positive
a vector - in which direc- charge
tion does it act?

11. How can the direction of Electric field lines

an electric field be repre-
sented in a diagram?

12. Electric Field Strength E = F/Q

equation

13. What is the value of the zero

electric potential at infin-
ity?

14. What is the electrical The work done per unit charge to move an object
potential difference be- between these points.
tween one point and an-
other?

15. What is the equation for W=QV

electrical potential differ- W= work done
ence between one point Q= charge being moved
and another? V= electric potential difference

16. equation for the magni- V=1/(4˵0x )Q/r

tude of electric potential V= electric potential
in a radial field Q= charge
r= radius

17. Field lines on a positive

charge

18. field lines on a negative

charge
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19. Describe the path of an
electron entering a uni-
form electric field at right
angles to the field lines
It feels a constant force parallel to the electric field
lines in the opposite direction as the field lines.
this makes the particle accelerate at right angles
to the particle's original motion so it follows a
curved path
(path Z on picture)

20. What is absolute electric the electric potential energy that a unit positive
potential? charge has at that point in the electric field

21. graph of absolute elec-

tric potential against dis-
tance for a positive
charge

22. graph of absolute elec-

tric potential against dis-
tance for a negative
charge

23. on a graph of E against r the change in absolute electric potential

what does the area under
the curve represent?

24. What shape are equipo- spherical

tentials in the electric
field of a point charge

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25. Is electric field strength vector
a vector or scalar quanti-
ty?

26. what happens to a charge - no work is done

moving along an equipo- -no movement in direction of force
tential -kinetic energy is constant
-potential energy is constant

27. potential gradient at a point in a field is the change of potential per

unit change of distance along the field line at that
point.
The potential gradient = - the field strength at any
point

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