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The 19th century German physicist who carried out experiments that measured how changing the voltage in a circuit affected the current.
Who is Georg Simon Ohm
100
What are the 2 basic types of circuits?
What is series circuit and parallel circuit
100
A circuit that has only one path for the electric current to flow.
What is series current
100
A circuit that has more than one path for the electric current to flow.
What is a parallel circuit
100
These devices are used to keep wires in circuits from becoming hot enough to start a fire.
What is fuses and circuit breakers.
200
The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy
What is electric power
200
The SI unit of power
What is the watt.
200
The rate at which energy is used, or the amount of energy that is used per second.
What is power
200
This happens when an electric current enters your body
What is an electric shock
200
Electric companies generate electical energy and sell it in units of this.
What is kilowatt-hour
300
A current carrying wire wrapped around an iron core
What is an electromagnet
300
Any device that converts electric energy into kinetic energy
What is a motor
300
Current carrying wires are formed into this shape so the magnetic field can force the wire to spin continually
What is a loop
300
Light given off as a result of charged particles being deflected in the atmosphere.
What is an aroura
300
Device that uses a magnetic field to turn motion into electricity
What is a generator
400
A current that changes direction
What is an alternating current
400
The most common power plants in the US
What is coal burning power plants
400
A system of generating plants, transmission lines, and distribution facilities dealing with electricity
What is a power grid
400
A measure of how much energy the electric charges in a current are carrying
What is voltage
400
A device that changes the voltage of an alternating current with little loss of energy
What is a transformer
500
2 major electric companies that contribute to electricity production
What is Howard Industries and Kuhlman Electric Company
500
The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in a circuit
What is Ohm's Law
500
These particles flow in the current between the positive and negative terminals of a battery
What is electrons
500
What is the formula for calculating Voltage?
Voltage = current x resistance
500
What is the unit for the following mesurements? Voltage Current Resistance
Voltage is volts Current is Amps Resistance is Ohms
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