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Name: - Physics Worksheet Graphing Electric Fields
Name: - Physics Worksheet Graphing Electric Fields
Name: - Physics Worksheet Graphing Electric Fields
Physics Worksheet
PURPOSE
MATERIALS
THEORY
A charge (q) creates an electric field (E) a distance (r) from it. The magnitude of
this electric field is given as:
ke q 9 2 2
E= 2
, where k e =9 x 10 N m /C (1)
r
F=q o E (2)
An equipotential line (or surface) is a line in which the electric potential is the
same everywhere on that line. That is, the points on the equipotential line are where a
charge experiences the same electrical force.
E
r
q
PROCEDURE
r (meters) E (N/C)
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
2.00
2.20
2.40
2.60
2.80
3.00
QUESTIONS
1) Describe what happens to the strength of the electric field as the distance from the
charge creating it increases.