Electric Charge and Static Electricity
Electric Current
Electric Circuits
Potpourri
100
A material through which charges can move freely.
What is electrical conductor?
100
The rate of flow of electric charges.
What is electric current?
100
A device that uses electrical energy to operate.
What is a load?
100
In electronic devices, this material gives the greatest amount of control over the amount of electric charge that flows through circuit.
What is a semiconductor?
200
Two things that affect electric force between objects.
What is charge and distance.
200
Two kinds of electric current.
What is alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC)?
200
A complete, closed path through which electric charges can flow.
What is an electric circuit?
200
Rubber is an example of an electrical _____________.
What is an insulator?
300
The buildup of electric charge on an object.
What is static electricity?
300
Amount of work required to move each unit of charge between two points.
What is voltage?
300
Type of circuit in which all parts are connected in a row that forms one path for electric charges to follow.
What is a series circuit?
300
Another name for voltage.
What is electric potential?
400
Three ways objects can become charged.
What is friction, contact (conduction), and induction?
400
The opposition to the flow of electric charges.
What is resistance?
400
The way electric circuits are modeled.
What is a circuit diagram?
400
Unit to measure current.
What is amperes (amps)?
500
A way of rearranging the charges within an object without touching it.
What is induction?
500
Four factors that affect electrical resistance.
What is 1. thickness of wire 2. length of wire 3. temperature of wire 4. material's composition?
500
Circuit in which charges have more than one path to follow.
What is a parallel circuit?
500
If one of the bulbs burns out in a parallel circuit, this happens to the remaining bulbs.
What is nothing?
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