Q4_Lesson 4 - Equipotential Surfaces

Equipotential Surfaces

are analogous to topographic maps

equipotential surface

Wherever an electric field is present, an ___ may be drawn therein

constant

As it gets displaced across each point of an equipotential surface, the potential energy q0V remains

____

equipotential surface

defined as a threedimensional surface where the electric potential is similar at all points

perpendicular

Field lines and equipotential surfaces are always ___ to each other

equipotential volume

when all of the given charges are not moving, the whole volume of the conducting material contains the same potential

no net charge

If a conductor has a cavity without any charge, it also follows that ___ will be made available anywhere on the surface of the cavity

Work Done on Equipotential Surfaces

never

Equipotential surfaces for various potentials will ___ intersect

does not always need

The electric field ____ to be constant over an equipotential surface

remain constant

Only the electric potential V will ____ at all points.

Gaussian surfaces

arbitrary and may be assigned accordingly

equipotential surfaces

determined by charge distribution