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Which of the following is a correct definition of electric potential?
Which of the following is a correct definition of electric potential?
- The amount of energy needed to move a reference point in an electric field
- The amount of electric charge needed to move a reference point in an electric field
- The amount of work energy needed per unit of electric charge to move a charge from a reference point to a specific point in an electric field (correct)
- The amount of work energy needed to move a charge from a specific point to a reference point in an electric field
What is the electric potential at the reference point?
What is the electric potential at the reference point?
- Undefined
- Negative units
- Positive units
- Zero units (correct)
What is the relationship between electrostatic field and electrostatic potential?
What is the relationship between electrostatic field and electrostatic potential?
- Electrostatic field is a scalar quantity expressed as the gradient of the electrostatic potential (correct)
- Electrostatic potential is a vector quantity expressed as the gradient of the electrostatic field
- They are the same thing
- There is no relationship between them
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