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Electrostatics Worksheet
1 a. Describe the basic unit for measuring charge in terms of electron charge.
1 Coulomb = amount of charge on 6.25 x 1018 electrons
B A
10 N required to move + charge
a. What is the potential difference between the two points in the field? 5V
b. What is the direction of the field? East [force was required to move positive charge against
field direction]
c. Which point, A or B, should be assigned the higher potential? B [field goes from high potential to low]
9. Two points in an electric field are assigned potentials as follows:
Point X = 5.0 V and Point Y = 7.0 V
a. If an electron is moved from point X to point Y, is electric potential gained or lost by the electron?