IB DP Physics Standard Level (2023 syllabus) · IB ib-phys-sl
D Fields
Written & reviewed by James Millett — Biology (Imperial College London), PGCE Science (University of Cambridge).
Practice questions on Fields
- Explain why a charged particle moving at a constant velocity in a uniform electric field a… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how a uniform electric field and a uniform magnetic field can be combined to act a… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a charged particle moving parallel to a uniform magnetic field experiences no … (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the gravitational potential at any point in a gravitational field is always ne… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the gravitational potential energy of a satellite increases as it moves from a… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a proton moving in a straight line at constant speed through a region of space… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why an electron moving in a circle within a uniform magnetic field does not gain k… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why two long, parallel wires carrying currents in the same direction attract each … (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a proton moving in a circle inside a cyclotron must be accelerated each time i… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the gravitational field strength at the surface of the Moon is less than the g… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a satellite in a circular orbit at a greater distance from Earth's centre move… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the gravitational field strength inside a uniform spherical planet decreases a… (4 marks, Explain)
- A positive ion moves horizontally to the right with constant velocity through a region whe… (4 marks, Explain)
- A beam of electrons enters a region where a uniform magnetic field acts perpendicular to t… (4 marks, Explain)
- A proton enters a uniform magnetic field directed into the page. The proton initially trav… (4 marks, Explain)