Electric Fields and Electric Potential Energy

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electrical force

holds an electron in orbit around a proton

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what law do electrical forces and gravitational forces obey?

the inverse-square law

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what is the force that one electric charge exerts on another?

the interaction between the electric fields of those charges

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electric field

force field that surrounds an electric charge or group of charges

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field strength

vector quantity that points in the direction of a force

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what is the electric field strength dependent on?

the force it exerts on other charges and distance from other charges