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Vocabulary
Electric Charge and Static Electricity
Electric Current and Electrical Energy
Calculations
Electric Circuits
100
A law that states that like charges repel and opposite charges attract
What is Law of Electrical Charges
100
Charges that repel each other
What is Like Charges
100
The symbol for current used in formulas
What is I?
100
1000w
What is 1 Kilowatt?
100
Examples are light bulbs, these connect the energy source by wires in a circuit
What is a Load?
200
The loss of static electricity as charges move off an object
What is Electrical Discharge
200
A device that is used to see if something is charged
What is Electroscope
200
This type of current allows the direction of the charges to constantly continue to change.
What is Alternating Current?
200
V=IxR
What is Ohm's Law?
200
A circuit in which the loads always share the same current
What is a Series Circuit?
300
In electricity, a device that produces an electric current by converting chemical or radiant energy into electrical energy
What is Cell
300
The 3 ways to charge an object
What is Fricition, Conduction, Induction
300
The 4 factors of resistance
What is Thickness (width), Length, Material, and Temperature?
300
Formula for Electric Power using symbols
What is P=V x I?
300
A thin strip of metal that melts if the current is too high
What is a Fuse?
400
a circuit in which the parts are joined in branches such that the potential difference across each part is the same
What is Parallel Circuit
400
This uses a metal wire inside it to carry electric charges
What is Cord?
400
The material in which its resistance will drop to 0 ohms
What is a Superconductor?
400
The electrical energy of an appliance using 1831W for 70s.
What is 128170 J?
400
This opens the circuit if the current on both sides of the circuit are different
What is a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)?
500
the potential difference between 2 points
What is Voltage
500
This is the only thing moving from 1 atom to another when you charge an object
What is Electrons?
500
These will vibrate faster the higher the temperature of an object is
What are Atoms?
500
The amount of kWh in an appliance that uses 7894W for 360 minutes.
What is 47.364 kWh
500
The Voltage of the majority of circuit branches in the USA
What is 120 V?