Practice mode Electrostatics

Electric field lines due to a system of charges ____.

Correct answer A. start on positive charges and end on negative charges

Explanation

By convention field lines point in the direction of force on a positive test charge. They therefore leave positive charges and terminate on negative charges, and never form closed loops in electrostatics.

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