Electric current
Potential difference
Resistance
Magnets
General physics
100

What is defined as the rate of flow of electric charges

Electric current

100

Potential difference is sometimes called ___________.

Voltage.

100

What is the SI unit for measuring electrical resistance?

Ohm.

100

The the poles of a magnet.

North and south.

100

In the equation F=ma, what a?

Acceleration

200

What is the SI unit for electric current?

Ampere (A)

200

The SI unit for measuring potential difference is the ______________.

Volt (V)

200

Define electrical resistance.

Ratio of the potential difference across a component to the current across it.

200

What happens when a north pole of a magnet meets another north pole?

They repel.

200

What is the speed of light?

3 x 108 m/s

300

What equipment is used to measure current?

Ammeter or multimeter in ammeter mode.

300

What device is used to measure the potential difference accross two points in a circuit?

Voltmeter or Multimeter in voltmeter mode.

300

An electrical component with very high electrical resistance.

Insulator

300

Which material is commonly used to make a temporary magnet?

Iron (Fe)

300

What is the name of the galaxy that we live in?

The Milky Way galaxy

400

 In a series circuit, what will happen to the brightness of the lightbulbs if another lightbulb is added?

They will get dimmer/ brightness will reduce/ decrease. 

400

How do the potential differences across different electronic components connected to other, in parallel, compare?

They are the same.

400

In a series circuit, the total electrical resistance of the circuit is equal to _____________________.

the sum of all the individual resistances of the components connected in the circuit.

400

A wire that carries electric current has a magnetic field. Is this true or false?

True.

400

A famous Shanghainese physicist who won a Nobel price in physics in 1957.

Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道)

500

What law is used to describe current at a junction in a parallel circuit?

Kirchhoff's current/ 1st law

500

Emf is can be defined as the potential difference across a _____________ when no current flows. 

An electrical energy/ power source

500

The electrical resistance of a conducting wire is proportional to its ____________ and _____________.

length and resistivity

500

A compass points to the _____________magnetic pole of the Earth. 

south
500

What theory has the leading scientific explanation for how our universe began and evolved?

The Big Bang Theory