Final answer:
Yes, electric fields go from regions of high voltage to regions of low voltage, with the direction of the electric field vector pointing towards lower potential. Electrons move towards higher potential, opposite the electric field direction.
Step-by-step explanation:
In electric fields, the force on a positive charge is directed from regions of higher potential (voltage) to regions of lower potential. This means that the electric field vectors point in this direction. Therefore, an electron, which has a negative charge, moves in the opposite direction of the electric field, towards regions of higher potential. A useful analogy is to think of the electric potential like elevation in a gravitational field. Just as a ball rolls downhill from a higher elevation to a lower elevation, a positive charge moves from higher to lower electric potential. Since electrons are negatively charged, they roll uphill in the electric potential landscape, from lower to higher potential. When considering the relationship between voltage and electric field, the magnitude of the electric field (E) is proportional to the rate at which the voltage (V) decreases with distance. The steeper the gradient of the voltage, the stronger the electric field in that region. This is why surgical equipment utilizing high-voltage electricity directs most of the current from the sharp edge of a scalpel—it's where the electric field, and therefore the voltage gradient, is strongest.