Charges and Fields

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Charges and Fields 1. Play with the simulation ( Charges and Fields ) and get oriented with all of the different options. This should help you understand the lab better. Activity 1 2. From the box at the bottom of the screen, drag a red +1 nC charge into the middle of the screen. 3. If not already selected: Select ‘Electric Field’. How does the brightness of the arrow relate to the strength of the field? What happens when you check/uncheck ‘Direction only’? Which way do the arrows point for a positive charge? a. All the arrows are pointed away from the charge. When you check the “Direction Only” box, the arrows on the screen become whiter/brighter all over the screen, not in just one general area. When the “Direction Only” box is no longer checked, the arrows on the screen become darker. 4. Drag the red +1 nC charge back into the box at the bottom, and then drag a blue –1 nC charge onto the screen. Which way do the electric field arrows point for a negative charge? a. When you drag the blue -1 nc charge on the screen, we can see all of the arrows are pointing towards the negative charge. 5. Click on the yellow Sensor at the bottom and drag it across the electric field. What information do the Sensors show? a. When you drag the sensors across the electric field, it is sending the direction of the electrical field or the direction of the “arrows” that are displayed on the screen. 6. What happens to the electric field as you move further from the charges? a. As you move the sensor further away from the charge, we can see that the charge decreases. 7. Take the Voltage meter (labeled ‘0.0 V’). What information does the voltmeter give? What information is given when you click on the pencil (you should have a green circle)? What does the green circle represent? (If you’re not sure, move on and come back to this later.) a. When dragging the voltage meter across the screen, it is giving us the information regarding the potential energy value in the electrical field. When you click on the pencil, the green circle is showing the focus of potential energy. Activity 2 (If you want to reset the screen, click on the orange circle arrow in the bottom right corner. Do this before each activity) 8. How can you make a charge of +2q? How can you make a charge of -3q? a. 2q – two red positive 1nc charges together b. -3q – three blue negative 1nc charges together 9. Determine what charges (magnitude and positive/negative) would give you the electric field lines shown below? (You may need to try different combinations to determine the magnitudes of each charge.)
To create this electric field you would need two positive charges (+2nc) and one negative charge (-1nc). 10. When you have two opposite but equal magnitude charges along a horizontal line (similar to the picture above), where is the electric field the greatest? Is there ever a point where the field will be zero? a. The electrical field is the strongest the closer you are to the charges. The farther you are away from the charges reduces the strength of the electrical field decreases. There will never be a point where the field will be zero. 11. When you have two of the same charges along a horizontal line, where is the electric field the greatest? Is there ever a point where the field will be zero? a. Similar to the question above, the electrical field will be strongest near the charges. In this case, there is a point where the field will be zero. 12. Determine what charge/charges (magnitude and positive/negative) would give each the lines of equipotential shown below? (For each situation, turn the ‘Electric Field’ on and off to see how the electric field lines compare to the equipotential lines) a) a. +4nc
b) a. -5nc c) a. -2nc, +2nc d) a. +3nc
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