Answer: negative.
- A negative
- B positive
- C zero
- D continuously variable
Correct answer: A. negative
Explanation: The electron carries a negative elementary charge.
Field lines always point from positive to negative charge, are denser where the field is stronger, and never cross; an isolated positive charge has lines radiating symmetrically outward, while a dipole's lines curve from the positive to the negative charge.
Concept context
Coulomb's law, electric field, potential, capacitors, Gauss's law.