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Circuit elements

100

Long metal tube along which an electric current passes

Wire

200

Cell in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power

Battery

300

Device that resists the passage of electric current

Resistor

400

Electronic device that can measure voltage, current, and resistance

Multimeter

500

Device that stores electricity in an electric field

Capacitor

Units of measure

100

Current

Ampere

200

Electromotive Force

Volts

300

Resistance

Ohm

400

Power

Watt

500

Charge

Coulomb

Equations

100

Ohm's Law

V = IR

200

Rtotal = R1 + R2 + R3... +Rn

Resistors in series

300

Ctotal = C1 + C2 + .... Cn

Capacitors in parallel

400

1/ (1/C1) + (1/C2) + (1/C3)... (1/Cn)

1/ (1/C1) + (1/C2) + (1/C3)... (1/Cn)

500

1/ [(1/R1)+(1/R2) + (1/R3) +...(1/Rn)]

Resistors in parallel

Definitions

100

Path that a current can flow on

Circuit

200

Steady flow of electricity

Current

300

Device that uses electricity

Load

400

Tiny, negatively charged particles

Electrons

500

Offers a steady supply of electros

Power source

Questions!

100

R1 = 35 Ohms

R2 = 20 Ohms

R1 and R2 are in series

55 Ohms

200

C1 = 20 Ohms

C2 = 35 Ohms

C3 = 12 Ohms

C1, C2, and C3 are parallel

77 Ohms

300

R1 = 20 Ohms

R2 = 30 Ohms

R1 and R2 are parallel

12 Ohms

400

R1 = 5 Ohms

R2 = 6 Ohms

R3 = 7 Ohms

Resistors are parallel

1.96 Ohms

500

R1 = 10 Ohms

R2 = 20 Ohms

R3 = 10 Ohms

R1 and R2 are in series, but R3 is parallel to these.

7.5 Ohms