Question

Which of the following statements are true about Electric Force, Electric Field, Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy?

(i) Electric Force, Electric Field, and Electric Potential are vectors; Electric Potential Energy is a scalar value.
(ii) The Electric Field reports the Electric Force on a 1C test charge placed at a particular location.
(iii) The Electric Potential reports the Electric Potential energy of a 1C test charge place at a particular location.
(iv) The spatial derivative of the electric potential at a particular location reports the electric field at that location.

Answer 1

(ii) The Electric Field reports the Electric Force on a 1C test charge placed at a particular location.

(iii) The Electric Potential reports the Electric Potential energy of a 1C test charge place at a particular location.

(iv) The spatial derivative of the electric potential at a particular location reports the electric field at that location.

ii, iii and iv are true.

Step-by-step explanation:

Electric force per unit charge is the electric field. It is a vector. E = F/q.

Electric potential is the electric potential energy per unit charge and is a scalar quantity, like the electric potential. V = U/q where U is the electric potential energy and q the charge.

Electric field exists due to a difference of potential, between two different points.E =dV/dx .