Question

When an object has a negative charge, which of these describes the electric field surrounding the object? A. It's neutral. B. It gets stronger away from the object. C. It becomes positive away from the object. D. The electric field lines move into the object.

Answer 1

D. Electric field lines move into the object.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. The electric field lines move into the object.

Explanation:

It's important to know when an object is "charged", it means that object has an imbalance of charge. So, objects with more electrons than protons are charged negatively. Objects with more protons than electrons are charged positively.

So, in this case, an object has a negative charge, that means it has more electrons than protons.

Now, there's a concept called electric field lines which are imaginary lines to described an electrical field. According to Michael Faraday, an object charged negatively exerts electric field lines into itself, if the object has a positive charge, the electric field lines are from inside to outside the object.

Therefore, the right choice here is D.

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