21 Electrostatics-E Field
21 Electrostatics-E Field
21 Electrostatics-E Field
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1. Which diagram represents the electric field lines between two small electrically charged spheres?
2. Which graph best represents the relationship between the magnitude of the electric field strength, E, around a
point charge and the distance, r, from the point charge?
3. The diagram below represents an electron within 5. An electron is located in the electric field between
an electric field between two parallel plates that are two parallel metal plates as shown in the diagram
charged with a potential difference of 40 volts. below.
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6. The diagram below shows a beam of electrons fired through the region between two oppositely charged parallel
plates in a cathode ray tube.
After passing between the charged plates, the electrons will most likely travel path
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
7. Two parallel metal plates are connected to a variable source of potential difference. When the potential differ-
ence of the source is increased, the magnitude of the electric field strength between the plates increases. The
diagram below shows an electron located between the plates.
Which graph represents the relationship between the magnitude of the electrostatic force on the electron and the
magnitude of the electric field strength between the plates?
8. On the diagram below, sketch at least four electric 9. Which graph best represents the relationship be-
field lines with arrowheads that represent the electric tween the strength of an electric field and distance
field around a negatively charged conducting sphere. from a point charge?
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Base your answers to questions 11 through 13 on the information below.
The centers of two small charged particles are separated by a distance of 1.2 × 10-4 meter. The charges on the particles
are +8.0 × 10-19 coulomb and +4.8 × 10-19 coulomb, respectively.
10. Calculate the magnitude of the electrostatic force between these two particles. [Show all work, including the
equation and substitution with units.]
11. On the axes at right, sketch a graph showing the relationship between the magnitude
of the electrostatic force between the two charged particles and the distance between
the centers of the particles.
12. On the diagram below, draw at least four electric field lines in the region between the
two positively charged particles.
13. A beam of electrons is directed into the electric field 15. In the diagram below, P is a point near a negatively
between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as charged sphere.
shown in the diagram below.
Which vector best represents the direction of the
electric field at point P?
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Base your answers to questions 17 and 18 on the infor- Base your answers to questions 20 and 21 on the infor-
mation and diagram below. mation below.
Two small metallic spheres, A and B, are separated by The magnitude of the electric field strength between two
a distance of 4.0 × 10-1 meter, as shown. The charge on oppositely charged parallel metal places is 2.0 × 103 new-
each sphere is +1.0 × 10-6 coulomb. Point P is located tons per coulomb. Point P is located midway between
near the spheres. the plates.
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23. A moving electron is deflected by two oppositely charged parallel plates, as shown in the diagram below.
24. Which diagram represents the electric field between two oppositely charged conducting spheres?
25. A 3.00 × 10-9-coulomb test charge is placed near a 28. Two points, A and B, are located within the electric
negatively charged metal sphere. The sphere exerts field produced by a -3.0 nanocoulomb charge. Point
an electrostatic force of magnitude 6.00 × 10-5 new- A is 0.10 meter to the left of the charge and point B
ton on the test charge. What is the magnitude and is 0.20 meter to the right of the charge, as shown in
direction of the electric field strength at this loca- the diagram below. below.
tion?
1. 2.00 × 104 N/C directed away from the sphere
2. 2.00 × 104 N/C directed toward the sphere
3. 5.00 × 10-5 N/C directed away from the sphere
4. 5.00 × 10-5 N/C directed toward the sphere Compared to the magnitude of the electric field
strength at point A, the magnitude of the electric
26. An electron is located in an electric field of magni- field strength at point B is
tude 600 newtons per coulomb. What is the magni- 1. half as great
tude of the electrostatic force acting on the electron? 2. twice as great
1. 3.75 × 1021 N 3. one-fourth as great
2. 6.00 × 102 N 4. four times as great
3. 9.60 × 10-17 N
4. 2.67 × 10-22 N