Vocab
Converts ac to dc
diode
units of power
watts
battery
v
particle responsible for charge
electron
units of gravity
10 m/s2
stores electricity
capacitor
one kW = _______________watts
1000 watts
measured in amps
current
The effects of shock are felt due to
current through the body
Unit of force
Newton
Law that states that voltage equals current x resistance
Ohms Law
voltage amount in all homes
120V
resistance unit
ohms
A battery supplies what type of current
DC
Unit of work
joules
Materials that basically have zero resistance
superconductors
The type of current supplied to homes
AC
wire material, length of wire, temperature
resistance
A body/skin that is __________has a lower resistance than a body/skin that is
wet, dry
unit of frequency
Hertz
When the ends of a conductor provide different amounts of energy
potential difference
A watt measures what two variables
joules per sec or energy per time
indirect relationship of two of these variables
I and R
Study of electricity at rest
electrostatics
unit of charge
coulumb