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Where is the field strength greater in the electric field surrounding a group of charged particles?
Where is the field strength greater in the electric field surrounding a group of charged particles?
- Where field lines are closest (correct)
- Where field lines are farthest apart
- Where field lines are thickest
- Where field lines are longest
How do electrons on the surface of a conductor arrange themselves with respect to the electric field inside?
How do electrons on the surface of a conductor arrange themselves with respect to the electric field inside?
- Is shielded from external charges
- Inside cancels to zero (correct)
- Tends toward a state of minimum energy
- Follows the inverse-square law
What factor determines the potential energy of a compressed spring and a charged object?
What factor determines the potential energy of a compressed spring and a charged object?
- Their kinetic energies exceeding their potential energies
- Only the work done on them
- Their locations in their respective fields and the work done on them (correct)
- Only their locations in their respective fields
In an electric field, where is the field strength weaker?
In an electric field, where is the field strength weaker?
What happens to the electric field inside a conductor?
What happens to the electric field inside a conductor?
How does the potential energy of a compressed spring and a charged object differ?
How does the potential energy of a compressed spring and a charged object differ?
What happens to the strength of the electric field when field lines are longer?
What happens to the strength of the electric field when field lines are longer?
What is a characteristic of electric fields around charged particles?
What is a characteristic of electric fields around charged particles?
What factor plays a role in determining the potential energy of objects in a field?
What factor plays a role in determining the potential energy of objects in a field?
How does the arrangement of electrons affect the electric field inside a conductor?
How does the arrangement of electrons affect the electric field inside a conductor?
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