4.3 - Electric Field Lines
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Practice Questions
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What do electric field lines represent?
💡 Hint: Think about how charges interact.
Where do electric field lines originate and terminate?
💡 Hint: Remember the charge types.
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What do electric field lines represent?
💡 Hint: Focus on the purpose of these lines.
True or False: Electric field lines can cross each other.
💡 Hint: Think about what crossing lines would imply.
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Sketch the electric field around a charged conducting sphere and explain the characteristics of the field lines you draw.
💡 Hint: Think about how charges distribute on conductors.
A dipole consists of two equal and opposite charges separated by a distance. Describe and sketch the electric field lines between the charges and in surrounding space.
💡 Hint: Visualize the flow from positive to negative.
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