Question

Write some important characteristics of electric field lines.

Answer 1

Electric field lines and their characteristics :

1. The pathway over which the unit charge will travel due to electric force in the field is known as the electric lines of force.
2. An imaginary line or curve representing an electric field is called an electric field line.
   
3. The field lines never intersect each other. The field lines do not form closed loops.
4. Electric field lines are always normal to the surface of charge. The tangent at the field lines gives the direction of the electric field.
5. The number of electric field lines is proportional to the electric field