Electrostatics: Electric Charges and Fields

objectives Lesson Objectives

After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

  1. Describe electric charge, polarization, and induced charge.
  2. Determine the forces on a charged particle due to other charges.
  3. Define and calculate the magnitude of an electric field due to one or more point charges.
  4. Draw and interpret electric field diagrams.
  5. Determine the forces on a charge or particle placed in an electric field.