Electric Field Math Practice
Electric Fields Conceptual key
Electric Fields Multiple Choice (1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15 only) key
PhET Electric Field Hockey Lab
Your task is to use charges placed on the field to score goals at difficulty 1, 2, and 3.
Draw a diagram of the setup that scored a goal using positive charges as accelerators on the practice difficulty. Draw a similar diagram for the setup using negative charges.
Draw diagrams for the positive and negative setups that worked on difficulties 1, 2, and 3.
In your diagrams, sketch a general representation of the electric field around the accelerator charges.
Electric Field Hockey Analysis
What type of motion does a charge particle experience in an electric field? Use observations from your experiment to support your answer.
Would the setups you used to score goals still be valid if the mass of the puck were ten times larger? Explain why or why not.
Particle physicists use electric and magnetic fields to accelerate charged particles to great speeds. Describe how you would set up the electric field hockey simulation to deliver a constant acceleration to the charged puck. Draw your proposed setup.
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