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Please HELP and also, check if # was is correct! Thank you soo much
Name Electric Field and Electric Potential- Post Lab Exercises Discuss these questions in your group and answer them (individually) in the space provided 1. Can two different electric field lines ever cross each other? Explain in your own words why or why not. If two lines cros ach other, there must be rwo disnctuy curfennt valuej of elecrnc hela w/ irdwdual cllrecho ns, eaun point in Spau, (in alocnuot charg) electne hes na a single dvehun, wherr as crosing held ine would ind tak the elecme ela poinnn i woafevendirechums at onuu 2. Can two different equipotential lines ever cross each other? Explain in your own words why or why not. 3. A ball on a hill will roll downhill, along a Similarly, a positive charge in an electric field will move from high to low potential, along a path perpendicular to equipotential lines (the paths are electric field lines you drew in lab). Just as it takes work to move an object with mass uphill, it also takes work to move a positive electric charge to a higher voltage. Work to move charge q from a to b is W qVV. Points W and X are on the same equipotential line in an electric field. Points Y and Z are on a equipotential line with higher voltage. path perpendicular to elevation lines Consider four cases, the work required to move a positive charge in an electric field from: a. W to Y b. Z to X c. W to Z d. Y to Z In which case(s) will the amount of work be the largest? In which case(s) will the work be zero? In which case(s) will the work be the least (i.e., most negative)?Explanation / Answer
Problem -2
Equipotential lines at different potentials can never cross either. This is
because they are, by definition, a line of constant potential. The equipotential at a given
point in space can only have a single value. If lines for two different values of the
potential were to cross, then they would no longer represent equipotential lines.
Note: It is possible for two lines representing the same potential to cross.