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Make a list of the similarities between electrostatics and magnetism and also a list of the differences.

Important Questions on Uniform Electric Fields

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Which of the three field diagrams in figure represents two positive charges repelling each other?

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Which of the three field diagrams in figure represents two negative charge.

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Which of the three field diagrams in figure represents two opposite charge.

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Many molecules are described as polar; that is, they have regions that are positively or negatively charged, though they are neutral overall. Draw a diagram to show how sausage-shaped polar molecules like those shown in figure might realign themselves in a solid.

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 Figure shows the electric field pattern between a thundercloud and a building. State and explain where the electric field strength is greatest.

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Predict where the electric field will be strongest- that's where lightning may strike.

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Figure shows an arrangement of parallel plates, each at a different voltage. The electric field lines are shown in the space between the first pair. Copy and complete the diagram to show the electric field lines in the other two spaces.

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An arrangement of parallel plates.

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Calculate the electric field strength at a point where a charge of $20 \mathrm{mC}$ experiences a force vertically downwards of $150 \mathrm{~N}$.
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Calculate the electric field strength between two parallel charged plates, separated by $40 \mathrm{~cm}$ and with a potential difference between them of $1000 \mathrm{~V}$.