A capacitor stores energy in the form of which type of field?
Correct Answer: Electric field
- Step 1: Understand what a capacitor is. A capacitor is a device that can store electrical energy.
- Step 2: Know that a capacitor has two plates that hold electric charge.
- Step 3: Realize that when the plates are charged, an electric field is created between them.
- Step 4: Conclude that the energy stored in a capacitor is in the form of this electric field.
- Electric Field – A region around a charged object where other charged objects experience a force.
