Electric Fields
An exploration of Coulomb's law and electric field strength in radial and uniform fields. Students will compare electric fields with gravitational fields.
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An exploration of Coulomb's law and electric field strength in radial and uniform fields. Students will compare electric fields with gravitational fields.
Key Questions
- How do electric fields differ from gravitational fields?
- What determines the electric potential around a point charge?
- How do charged particles behave in a uniform electric field?
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