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Name Class Date

Assessment

Electric Forces and Fields


Section Quiz: The Electric Field
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. Which of the following would be the best to use to determine whether
an electric field is present around an object?
a. a magnetized pin
b. light from a lamp
c. a charged table tennis ball
d. a mass suspended from a spring scale

______ 2. Which of the following units is used to state the strength of an


electric field?
a. coulombs per cubic meter
b. coulombs per newton
c. newtons per coulomb
d. meters per coulomb

______ 3. The strength of an electric field around a charged object depends on


both the magnitude of the charge and
a. the magnitude of a test charge.
b. the sign of the object’s charge.
c. the distance from the object.
d. the volume of space around the object.

______ 4. The electric fields of two charges, A and B, are represented by dia-
grams showing electric field lines. If charge B is greater than charge
A, the diagram of charge B will have than the diagram
of charge A.
a. more lines per unit area
b. longer field lines
c. straighter field lines
d. more curved field lines

______ 5. The diagram on the right shows the electric field lines around two
charges that have been brought near
each other. From the diagram you can
infer that the charge of the left is
than the charge on the
? 
right.
a. negative and smaller in magnitude
b. negative and larger in magnitude
c. positive and smaller in magnitude
d. positive and larger in magnitude
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Electric Forces and Fields continued

______ 6. The diagram on the right represents a cross- B


section of a charged copper rod. Which of
the arrows best represents a field line in the
A
rod’s electric field? C
a. A c. C
b. B d. D
D
______ 7. In a charged conductor, such as an aluminum rod,
the charge is
a. distributed throughout the rod.
b. on the surface of the rod.
c. distributed along a line through the center of the rod.
d. in the exact center of the rod.

______ 8. The diagram on the right represents a spherically A


shaped conductor with the protrusions shown.
If this conductor is given an electrostatic charge,
which letter best represents the location of the
largest concentration of charge?
a. A
C B
b. B
c. C
d. none; The charge is evenly distributed.

9. The drawing on the right is a partial diagram of an


electric field showing only a few field lines (without
? 
arrowheads). The charge on the right is positive. Can
the sign of the charge on the left be determined from
the diagram? If so, what is the sign? Explain.

10. An electric field of 2250 N/C is produced by a charge of 4.82  1011 C.


For this field strength, what is the distance to the charge? (kC  8.99 
109 N•m2/C2).

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