Voltage refers to the electric potential difference between two points in an electric circuit. It represents the amount of work done per unit charge to move a charge from one point to another.
Think of voltage as a hill. The higher the hill, the more potential energy an object has at the top. Similarly, the higher the voltage, the more potential energy is available for charges to flow through a circuit.
Potential Difference: This term refers to the difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field.
Conservative Field: A conservative field is a vector field where work done on a particle moving along any closed path is zero.
Electric Field Strength: Electric field strength measures how strong an electric field is at any given point and is defined as force per unit charge.
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