Electricity 1
This is the sudden flow of electric charge between two charged objects due to a build up of electron charges.
What is Static Discharge/Electricity?
Anything that has a mass and takes up space.
Matter
Simplest form of matter.
Atom
Unit of resistance (R)
Ohms
A closed path an electric current flows through.
Circuit
This is the transfer of electrons through electric fields working over a distance.
What is Induction?
Transfer of electrons through direct contact.
Conduction
Materials that black the flow of electrons through them.
Insulators
A device that triggers a switch to open circuit when current is too high.
Circuit breaker
A small metallic strip that melts when the current become too high.
Fuse
This is the transfer of electrons through rubbing objects.
What is Friction?
An object added to a circuit that restricts the flow of electrical energy
Resistor
The force that causes charge to move.
Voltage (Potential) difference
A device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy
Battery
Circuits with some segments being in a series and other segments being in parallel.
Complex/Combination circuit
This is a material that allows electron to flow easily.
What is a Conductor?
Process of removing excess charge on an object by transferring electrons to another object to neutralize the electrical imbalance.
Grounding
The net movement of electric charge in a single direction.
Electric current
The tendency of materials to oppose the flow of electrons through it
Resistance
A device that is used to control the flow of current through a circuit.
Switch
This is an area surrounding charged particles/objects within which a force can be exerted on other charged particles/objects.
What is an electric field?
Charge cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.
Law of Conservation of Charge
The force of attraction or repulsion on a charged particle that is due to an electric field.
Electric force
The sum of all resistance in a circuit from all components.
Equivalent resistance (Req)
The amount of current is directly proportional to the voltage difference.
Ohm's law