Question

The electric potential difference between the ground and a cloud in a particular thunderstorm is 3.0 ✕ 109 V. What is the magnitude of the change in the electric potential energy of an electron that moves between the ground and the cloud?

Answer 1

The question is incomplete, below is the complete question "The electric potential difference between the ground and a cloud in a particular thunderstorm is
`3.0*10^(9)V`. What is the magnitude of the change in the electric potential energy of an electron that moves between the ground and the cloud?"

Answer:

`U=3.0*10^(9)eV`

Step-by-step explanation:

data given,

Potential difference,V=3.0*10^9V

charge on an electron, q=1e.

Recall that the relationship between potential difference (v), charge(Q) and the potential energy(U) is expressed as

`U=qV`

from the question, we asked to determine potential energy given the charge and the potential difference.

Hence if we substitute values into the equation, we arrive at

`U=qV\\U=3.0*10^(9)*1e\\U=3.0*10^(9)eV`

Hence the magnitude of the change in the electric potential energy of an electron that moves between the ground and the cloud is
`3.0*10^(9)eV`