True or False? 1. Equipotential surfaces can be parallel to the surface of an el

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True or False?

1. Equipotential surfaces can be parallel to the surface of an electrode.
2. An electron, in an electric field, initially at rest, when released will begin to move parallel to the equipotential surfaces.
3. There is no field inside an empty hollow charged metal sphere, and the electric potential inside is therefore zero.
4. An equipotential surface consists of points at the same potential.
5. The electric potential on the outside of a metal sphere can only be measured relative to some other potential.

Explanation / Answer

1. True. electric field is perpendicular to surface and equipotential surfaces will be perpendicular to field

2. False. charge moves from higher to lower potential.

3.False. Field will be zero but the potential will be there, that too a constant valued potential through out the space

4. True.

5. True

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