Electric Circuits
Resistance
Circuit Diagrams
100
Electric current
What is the flow of an electric charge called?
100
A Conductor
What has very little resistance and allows large eletric currents to flow with little loss of energy?
100
R= V over I or V= RI
What is Ohm's law?
200
Voltage
What is the measure of the amount of electrical energy gained or lost by electric charge as it moves through the circuit?
200
An insulator
What has very large electrical resistance and allows little electric current to flow?
300
Potential Difference
What can voltage also be known as?
300
R= V over I or V= RI
What is Ohm's law?
300
A conductor
What has very little electric resistance and allows large electric currents to flow with little loss of energy
400
Power Supply
What provides the electrical energy in an electric circuit?
500
A conducting path
What path allows electrons (electric charge)to flow around the circuit?
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