True or false: electric field lines

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The tangent to a field line gives the field direction there.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Field lines crowd together where the field is strong.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Field lines are far apart where the field is weak.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Field lines show the speed of a charge, not the field direction.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The spacing of field lines carries no information.

Explanation