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Potpourri
100
Physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field
What is electric charge
100
Is an electric current in which the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction
What is alternating current
100
An electric circuit is a path in which electrons from a voltage or current source flow.
What is Electric Circuit
100
Circuits or devices using transistors, microchips, and other components.
What is Electronics
100
Matter that does not conduct electricity
What is Electric insulator
200
A region around a charged particle or object
What is Electric Field
200
Is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
What is Direct current
200
Electric power is the rate of energy consumption in an electrical circuit.
What is Electric power
200
A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals
What is Semiconductor
200
Is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects caused by contact
What is Static discharge
300
The attractive or repulsive interaction between any two charged objects is an electric force.
What is Electric Force
300
In a conductor, electric current can flow freely, in an insulator it cannot.
What is Electric conductor
300
A parallel circuit has two or more paths for current to flow through.
What is Parallel circuit
300
The movement of electrically charged particles through a transmission medium
What is Electrical conduction
300
The electrical resistance of an electrical conductor is a measure of the difficulty to pass an electric current through that conductor.
What is Resistance
400
Electric charge can neither be created nor destroyed
What is Law of conservation of charge
400
In electric circuits this charge is often carried by moving electrons in a wire.
What is Electric current
400
A series circuit is a circuit where there is only one path from the source through all of the loads and back to the source.
What is Series circuit
400
An electrical signal that is converted into a pattern of bits.
What is Digital Signal
400
An electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.
What is Voltage
500
Stored electricity
What is Static electricity
500
A law stating that electric current is proportional to voltage
What is Ohm's law
500
A circuit diagram is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit.
What is circuit diagram
500
Any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity
What is Analog Signal