2023-01-08T02:21:47+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true <p><strong>Electric potential energy</strong></p>, <p><strong>Electric potential energy </strong>equation</p>, <p>The electric potential energy for a charge at a point in space in an electric field is ...</p>, <p>Opposite charges will have _____ potential energy, and this energy will become increasingly negative as the charges are brought _____.</p>, <p>If two charges are like charges (both positive or both negative), then the potential energy will be _____. If the charges are unlike (one positive and the other negative), then the potential energy will be _____.</p>, <p>A decrease in potential energy represents an increase in _____.</p>, <p>Like charges will become more stable _____ because the magnitude of the electric potential energy becomes _____.</p>, <p>The electric potential energy of a system will increase when two like charges _____ or when two opposite charges _____. Conversely, the electric potential energy of a system will decrease when two like charges _____ or when two opposite charges _____.</p> flashcards
MCAT Physics and Math 5.3: Electric Potential Energy

MCAT Physics and Math 5.3: Electric Potential Energy

  • Electric potential energy

    Electric potential energy is the work necessary to move a test charge from infinity to a point in space in an electric field surrounding a source charge.

  • Electric potential energy equation

  • The electric potential energy for a charge at a point in space in an electric field is ...

    ... the amount of work necessary to bring the charge from infinitely far away to that point.

    ... the amount of work necessary to bring the charge from infinitely far away to that point.

  • Opposite charges will have _____ potential energy, and this energy will become increasingly negative as the charges are brought _____.

    negative

    closer and closer together

  • If two charges are like charges (both positive or both negative), then the potential energy will be _____. If the charges are unlike (one positive and the other negative), then the potential energy will be _____.

    positive

    negative

  • A decrease in potential energy represents an increase in _____.

    stability

  • Like charges will become more stable _____ because the magnitude of the electric potential energy becomes _____.

    the farther apart they move

    a smaller and smaller positive number

  • The electric potential energy of a system will increase when two like charges _____ or when two opposite charges _____. Conversely, the electric potential energy of a system will decrease when two like charges _____ or when two opposite charges _____.

    move toward each other, move apart

    move apart, move toward each other