Electric Fields (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award)) : Revision Note
Electric fields
Extended tier only
An electric field is defined as:
A region of space in which an electric charge experiences a force
The direction of an electric field at a point is defined as:
The direction of the force on a positive charge at that point
Charged objects create electric fields around themselves
This is similar to how magnets create magnetic fields
An electric field is a vector quantity as it has both magnitude (strength) and direction
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