Theme D: Fields
IB Physics D.3 Motion in electromagnetic fields: practice questions and video explanations
How charged particles move in uniform electric and magnetic fields, and the magnetic force on current-carrying conductors.
SL and HL
What you need to know for D.3 Motion in electromagnetic fields
- Describe the motion of charged particles in uniform electric fields
- Use the magnetic force on a moving charge, F = qvB sin θ
- Find the radius of circular motion of a charge in a magnetic field
- Use the force on a current-carrying conductor and between parallel wires
D.3 Motion in electromagnetic fields questions in the question bank
- Exam-style questions
- 24
- Multiple choice (Paper 1A style)
- 20
- Structured (Paper 1B and 2 style)
- 4
- Free to try
- 0
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