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Title Exploring Electric Potential, Electric Field and Distance Relationships
Description Students create and test hypotheses to determine the relationship between electric potential and distance for a point charge and to determine the relationship between the electric potential and E Field strength in a region.
Subject Physics
Level High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type Homework, Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords electric field, electric potential, equipotential, voltage
Simulation(s) Charges and Fields

Author(s) Bruce Palmquist
Contact Email palmquis@cwu.edu
School / Organization Central Washington University
Date submitted 4/27/12
Date updated 4/27/12
English
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