Question

Which best describes the electric field created by a positive charge?

It circles clockwise around the charge.
It circles counterclockwise around the charge.
Its rays point away from the charge.
Its rays point toward the charge.

Answer 1

Its rays point away from the charge.

(For a positive point charge q, E = k q / r^2 r̂, so the field vectors point radially outward. Field lines point inward for a negative charge.)