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Electric Field Line Worksheet

This document provides instructions for an activity using an online simulation to investigate electric field lines around configurations of electric charges. Students are asked to create different arrangements of charges and observe and draw the electric field lines that result. They are also asked to note how the quantity of charge at a location affects the curvature of field lines and where electric field strength is greatest.

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Electric Field Line Worksheet

This document provides instructions for an activity using an online simulation to investigate electric field lines around configurations of electric charges. Students are asked to create different arrangements of charges and observe and draw the electric field lines that result. They are also asked to note how the quantity of charge at a location affects the curvature of field lines and where electric field strength is greatest.

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Name ______________________________________ Class ____________ Date ___________________

Electric Field Lines


Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to investigate the electric field lines
around a configuration of two or more electric charges.
Getting Ready:
Navigate to the Electric Field Lines simulation at the website:
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/charges-and-
fields/latest/charges-and-fields_en.html
Interact • Explore • Learn
1. This simulation shows lines of force in the region of space surrounding a charge or
configuration of charges. The strength of these forces is depicted by how bold or how faint
the color is. Draw electric field lines for each configuration.

State a general rule for the direction of these lines of force.

2. The lines of force shown in this simulation can be connected to form unbroken electric field
lines. Create the following three configurations of two charges and observe the electric lines
of force. Use these lines of force to draw unbroken electric field lines for each
configuration.
3. Create the following configurations of three or more charges. Draw the electric field lines
for each situation. Avoid intersecting your electric field lines. Note that Diagram F is
similar to Diagram E but has five negative charges piled onto the same location.

4. Compare Diagram E and Diagram F. How does the quantity of charge at a given location
seem to affect the curvature of the electric field lines in the space surrounding it.

5. Observe the boldness and faintness of the lines of force for any of your configurations.
Make a statement describing where the electric field strength is greatest.

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