electric fields

• Charged objects


  Objects that have gained or lost electrons, becoming positively or negatively charged
• Objects carrying opposite charges


  Attract each other
• Objects carrying the same type of charge


  Repel each other
• Non-contact force


  A force between charged objects that are not touching
• Electric field


  The area around a charged object where a force is exerted on other charged objects
• Electric field lines


  • Must be perpendicular to the surface of the charged object
  • Show the direction of the force on a positive object
• Decreasing the distance between a charged object and another object


  Increases the force between them