Vocabulary
Ohm's Law
Circuits
Grab Bag
100
A material that does not permit electric charge to pass through.
What is an insulator?
100
Ohm's Law relates what properties of electricity
What are voltage, resistance, and current?
100
Current follows a single path
How does the current flow in a series circuit?
100
electrons, protons, neutrons
What are the three atomic particles?
200
measured in Volts and describes the potential energy per unit charge in an electric field.
What is electric potential?
200
The voltage of a battery that sends 3 amps of current through a wire with a resistance of 4 ohms
What is 12V
200
Decreases the current to each resistor
What does the addition of resistors to a series do?
200
The particle can be removed from an object through friction creating an unbalanced charge on the object
What is an electron
300
Electric Cell
What is a device that uses chemical or physical properties to produce an electric current?
300
The resistance of a wire in which the current is 2 amps if the battery producing the current has a voltage of 220 Volts
What is 110 Ohms
300
Full current
What does each device in a parallel circuit recieve?
300
Resistance
What is the property of a material that determines how easily a charge can pass though it?
400
Current
What is the continous flow of electric charge?
400
I=V/R
How would one solve for current using Ohm's Law?
400
Voltage source, conductor, switch, electrical device
What are the parts of a circuit?
400
pathway and electric potential
What is needed for electric charge to move?
500
Induction
What is the buildup of electric charge without direct contact between objects?
500
Ampere's (or amps)
What is the unit for measuring current?
500
A path that allows current to go where it is not intended, possibly with bad consequences.
What is a short circuit?
500
Storage cells have reversible chemical reactions
Why is is possible for a storage cell to be recharged?
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