6.2 Electric Fields

Question 1

What is an electric field?

Answer 1

The region around a body in which other charged bodies will feel a force due to the electric charge of the body.

Question 2

What is the definition of electric field strength (E) ?

Answer 2

Force per unit positive charge

Question 3

What is the definition of electric field lines?

Answer 3

They show the shape of the field and the direction of the field line at a point. It is the direction in which a small positive charge would move when placed at that point