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Electricity Flashcards

0
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What are leads?

A

Wires?

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4 Parts of a Circuit

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Leads
Loads
Source
Switch

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What are loads?

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Motor, Lamp. Voltmeter, Ampmeter

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3
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What is a source?

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Battery/ Cell

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4
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What are the types of circuits?

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Series

Parallel

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What is a series circuit?

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A circuit where the electricity has only 1 path

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6
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What is a parallel circuit?

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A circuit where the electricity has more than 1 path to travel.

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7
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What are renewable resources used to create electricity?

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Solar
Wind
Hydroelectric

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8
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How is hydroelectric power created?

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Turbine > Generator

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9
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What are the 3 ways to transfer energy?

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Abduction
Induction
Conduction

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10
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What is abduction?

A

static electricity created through friction

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11
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What is induction?

A

No contact

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12
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What is conduction?

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Contact

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13
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What does a Van de Graaff show?

A

Discharge

Electron jump

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14
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What is the law of electrostatics?

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Same charges repel,

Opposite charges attract

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15
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What are the two types of cells?

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Wet

Dry

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16
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What is a wet cell?

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Liquid electrolyte acid

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17
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What is a dry cell?

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Paste, solid elctrolytes

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18
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What combination of electrodes are necessary to creat a successful battery?

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Cu, 2n
Copper
ZInc

19
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What are the main parts of a motor?

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Wire
Battery
Armature
Magnet
>Electromagnet
20
Q

What is current?

A

Moving electrons

21
Q

What does it mean to be neutral?

A

Equal amount of electrons and protons

22
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How do you create a positive charge?

A

Add protons

23
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How do you create a negative charge?

A

Add electrons

24
Q

What is the symbol for Amperes?

A

I

25
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What is the symbol for Ohms?

A

R

Omega

26
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What is the symbol for potential or voltage?

A

V

27
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What is the formula for voltage?

A

V=IR

28
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What is the formula for power?

A

P=IV

29
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What is the formula for energy?

A

E=Pt

30
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What is the formula for rate?

A

W=J/s

31
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What is the formula for efficiency?

A

Output/ Input *100

32
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What factors make it impossible to be 100% efficient?

A

Sound
Friction
Heat

33
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What is the formula for resistance?

A

R=V/I

34
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What is the formula for current?

A

I=V/R

35
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What is a primary source?

A

A cell that cannot be recharged

37
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What is a secondary source?

A

W cell that can be recharged

38
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What is an Ampere?

A

A measure fo electricity

39
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What is an Ammeter?

A

A measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit

40
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What is an insulator?

A

A material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely, and therefore does not conduct electricity

41
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What is a conductor?

A

An object or type of material which permits the flow of electric charges in one or more direction (s)

42
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What is a Circuit?

A

The theory of accomplishing work by routing electrons, gas, fluids, or other matter through loops

43
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What is a Load?

A

power consumed by a circuit

44
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What is Voltage?

A

Potential difference expressed in volts

45
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What is a Volt?

A

Unit for measuring electricity

46
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What is Potential Difference?

A

The difference in energy in two locations

47
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What is a voltmeter?

A

An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.

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