Physics Worksheet Electric Fields and Potential Section: Name:

Electric Fields— 5. Draw the vector representation for a positive source

charge.
1. Write the definition and formula of the electric field.

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E= = =

E: _____________________________ unit: __________

6. Draw the vector representation for a negative source
Fe: ____________________________ unit: __________ charge.

k: _____________________________ unit: __________

Q: _____________________________ unit: __________ –

q: _____________________________ unit: __________

r: _____________________________ unit: __________ 7. Draw the line-of-force representation for a positive

source charge.
2. What is the magnitude of the electric field strength when
an electron experiences a 5.0 N force?

8. Draw the line-of-force representation for a negative

source charge.

3. What are the magnitude and direction of the electric

field 1.5 m away from a negative charge of 2.1x10 –9 C? –

9. Where can you find the strongest electric field? Why?

4. There is a negative charged particle of 0.32 C in the free

space. (a) What are the magnitude and direction of the
electric field 2.0 m away from the particle? (b) What are
the magnitude and direction of the electric force when an
electron is placed 2.0 m away from this particle?

10. Sketch the line-of-force representation for a pair of

opposite charges.

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Physics Worksheet Electric Fields and Potential Section: Name:
11. Sketch the line-of-force representation for a pair of like 16. Exercise: A charged droplet of mass 5.87 x 10-10 kg is
charges. hovering motionless between two parallel plates. The
parallel plates have a electric field of 9.6 x 106 N/C and
are 2.00 mm apart. What is the charge on the particle?

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12. Sketch the line-of-force representation for a pair of like

charges.
17. Exercise A positively charged ball with mass 20 g is
hanging between two charged parallel plates from the
ceiling through an insulating wire with length 0.1 m. The
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109 N/C. When the ball is in balance, the wire and the
vertical line form an angle of 60o. What is the charge of
the ball?

13. Sketch the electric field for oppositely charged parallel

plates using line-of-force representation?

Electric Potential Energy—

18. What happens in the picture?
14. What is special about the electric field between the
charged parallel plates? ________________________________________________

_____________________________________________ 19. What types of energy have been

converted?
The electric field around an isolated electron has a certain
strength 1 cm from the electron. The electric field strength ________________________________________________
2 cm from the electron is
a) half as much. 20. How do you define GPE?
b) the same.
c) twice as much. ____________________________________________
d) four times as much.
e) none of the above 21. If we want to pull the weight up back to its original
position, what should we do?
15. Example: A charged droplet of mass 5.87 x 10-10 kg is
hovering motionless between two parallel plates. The ____________________________________________
parallel plates have an electric field of 1.2 x 107 N/C and
are 2.00 mm apart. (a) What is the charge on the particle? 22. How much work do we need?
(b) By how many electrons is the particle deficient?
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23. Compare GPE & EPE, what are they in common?

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Physics Worksheet Electric Fields and Potential Section: Name:
32. Electrical potential energy is the energy a charged
24. What happens in the picture?
object has because of its
a) momentum.
________________________________________________ b) location.
25. What types of energy have been c) mass.
converted? d) motion.
e) volume.
________________________________________________ 33. How much work is required to move 3.0 C of positive
26. How do you define EPE? charge from the negative terminal of a 12-volt battery to
the positive terminal?
_____________________________________________
27. If we want to pull the weight up back to its original
position, what should we do?

_____________________________________________
28. How much work do we need?

_____________________________________________ 34. If an electron loses 1.4 x 10-15 J of energy in traveling

from the cathode to the screen of a computer monitor,
29. Compare GPE & EPE, what are they different? across what potential difference must it travel?

Electric Potential: Parallel Plates

35. Electric field lines between two oppositely charged
parallel metal plates will be
a) straight lines, randomly spaced.
30. What happens to GPE if we double the mass? b) straight lines, evenly spaced.
c) curved lines grouped together in small bunches.
_____________________________________________ d) curved lines, evenly spaced.
e) curved lines, randomly spaced.
What happens to EPE if we double the charge?
36. If we place test charge at different locations between
the charged parallel plates, compare the forces
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experienced by these test charges.
Electrical potential energy is proportional to

______________________ W ~ ________________

Electric Potential
31. Write the definition and formula of electric potential.

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37. Compare the work required to move test charges from
_____________________________________________ the negative plate to the positive plate.
Formula:

V: _____________________________ unit: __________

We: ____________________________ unit: __________

q: _____________________________ unit: __________

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Physics Worksheet Electric Fields and Potential Section: Name:
38. Derive the formula for Electric potential (V) and Electric field 44. A charged droplet of mass 5.87 x 10-10 kg is hovering
(E)? motionless between two parallel plates. The parallel plates
have a electric field of 1.2 x 107 N/C and are 2.00 mm
apart. (a) What is the charge on the particle? (b) By how
many electrons is the particle deficient?

Formula:

39. A 10-C charge is located near a positively charged sphere so

that it has 100 J of electric potential energy. Its electric potential
is
a) 2 V.
b) 5 V.
c) 10 V.
d) 20 V.
e) 250 V.
45. A charged droplet of mass 5.87 x 10-10 kg is hovering
Equipotential: Parallel Plates motionless between two parallel plates. The parallel plates
have a electric field of 9.6 x 106 N/C and are 2.00 mm
40. Definition of Equipotential lines apart. What is the charge on the particle?
_____________________________________________
Equipotential lines are perpendicular to

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41. Draw the Electric Field Lines and Equipotential lines
for charged parallel plates:

42. Draw the Electric Field Lines and Equipotential lines 46. A charged droplet of mass 5.87x 10-10 kg is hovering
for a point charge: motionless between two parallel plates. The parallel plates
have a potential difference of 24000 V and are 2.00 mm
apart. What is the charge on the particle?

43. Draw the Electric Field Lines and Equipotential lines

for a charged pair:

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