Notation
This component. See Notation 100
WHat is a resistor?
The way these components are connected. See Resistance 100
What are resistors in parallel?
Unit name of joule per second.
What is a watt?
A circuit component which provides constant voltage to a wire.
What is a battery?
A circuit only contains resistors, capacitors, and a voltage source.
What is an RC Circuit?
This component. See Notation 200
What is a capacitor?
A fundamental characteristic of a material that describes how much it opposes the flow of charge.
What is a resistivity?
Calculate the power dissipated by a 4 ohm resistor when the voltage drop is 2 volts.
What is 1 watt?
A law that states the sum of all voltage drops around any closed loop is 0.
What is Kirchhoff’s Rule?
The way an ammeter is connected in a circuit?
What is in series?
This component. See Notation 300
What is a variable battery?
Calculate the effective resistance if each resistor has a resistance of 4 ohms.
What is 12 ohms?
A circuit component that dissipates heat when current flows through it.
What is a resistor?
As charge collects on a capacitor, the voltage drop across the capacitor _______ (increases/decreases).
What is increases?
Multiplying the effective resistance and effective capacitance gives you this.
What is time constant?
This component. See Notation 400
What is a diode?
Calculate the effective resistance if each resistor has a resistance of 4 ohms. See Resistance 400
What is 1 ohm?
The factor by which power dissipated by a resistor changes when doubling current through and halving resistance.
What is doubled?
To build a circuit with effective resistance of 10 ohms with a power output of 90 watts, a voltage of ______ must be applied.
What is 30 volts?
Name for when all capacitors in the circuit are full after changes have been made. All currents and voltages are constant.
What is steady state?
This component. See Notation 500
What is a battery with internal resistance?
Formula to calculate the resistance using length and area.
What is R=p(L/A)
Two resistors are connected in parallel and are in series with a battery. If one resistor is removed, this happens to the power output.
What is it halves?
What emf stands for.
What is electromotive force?
Which direction is the current flowing when a loop of wire perpendicular to the magnetic field is leaving the field which is directed into the page.
What is clockwise?