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What is a conductor?
A conductor is a material that conducts heat and/or electricity.
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The transfer of charge between two objects that are touching.
Charging by contact.
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V=i*r
Voltage
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What does this represent?
Ohm's Law.
100
What is an insulator?
A material that does not allow heat and/or electricity to flow through it easily.
200
What is resistance?
Resistance is the measurement of how hard it is for the electrical current to flow.
200
What are used to prevent wires from overheating?
Fuses and circuit breakers.
200
I=v/r
Current
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What kind of circuit is this?
Series circuit
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A closed path which electricity can flow threw.
Electric circuit.
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What is Voltage Difference?
Voltage Difference is the voltage potential between two points in an electrical circuit.
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The rearrangement of charge in an object due to the influence of another charged object nearby.
Charging by Induction.
300
R=v/i
Resistance
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What kind of circuit is this?
Parallel circuit.
300
The excessive charge on an object due to the transfer of electrons from one object to another.
Static Eletricity
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What is Charging by Induction?
Charging by Induction is the process of making a neutral object charged without it getting physically touched.
400
Related to the force that causes energy to flow.
Voltage difference.
400
What does the "I" mean?
Current
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How many amp's does this fuse allow to run threw it?
30 amps.
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A circuit that has a single pathway.
Series circuit
500
What is Ohm's Law?
Ohm's Law is the relationship between voltage, current and resistance.
500
The rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of electricity.
Electrical power.
500
Another word for resistance.
Ohm's
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What is this used for?
To prevent wires from overheating and catching fire to other objects by cutting power to them when triggered.
500
The rate at which electrons flow past a point in a complete electrical circuit.
Electric current