Electric fields

Electric fields

A charged object will create an electric field around itself.
- This field is strong close to the object and weakens with distance from the object.
- Increasing the charge of the object will also increase the strength of the field.
A charged object in the field will experience a non-contact force.
- This will be an attractive force for opposite charges and repulsive for like charges.
- The strength of the force is dependent on the strength of the field.
Electric fields can be shown using field lines.
- The field lines point in the direction of the force that a positively charged object would experience in the field.
- The field lines get further apart with distance from the object because the field becomes weaker.

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