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1
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Electric fields are created by

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Electric charges

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What is the electric field line rule 1

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Lines are drawn from positive to negative

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What is the electric field line rule 2

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They never cross

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What is the electric field line rule 3

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The density (how many) of the field lines on a diagram is indicative of the strength of the field (the field will get weaker when there is more distance between it and the charge)

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What is electric field line rule 4

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Arrows point out of positive charge and point into negative charge

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What is a cell

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A store of chemical energy

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A battery is

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A group of cells

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A component is a

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Electrical device in a circuit

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Current

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The rate of flow charge measured in amps

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Energy is

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The ability to do work

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Potential difference is

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How much energy is transferred between two points in an circuit

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Power is

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The rate of energy transferred

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13
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Resistance is

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Measure of how difficult it is for the current to flow

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Resistor

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Component that makes it difficult for electrons to move through

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Series circuit is

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A electrical circuit with only one pathway

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Short circuit is

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Part of a circuit with low resistance allowing the current an easy shortcut path

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Thermal energy is

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Total energy in a object

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Heat energy is

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Amount of thermal energy transferred out and in

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Work

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The amount of energy transferred into or out of a system

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20
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Voltmeters are connected in a

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Parallel branch of a component

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21
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Ammeters are connected in the

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series branch (main branch)

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22
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Potential difference equation is

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Current x Resistance

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To find the total resistance of resistors in a SERIES you

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Add them up

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24
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2 resistors in parallel have a total resistance —- than in series

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Less

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In series circuit: the total resistance is the sum of the

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Resistance of each component

26
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In series, how is the current separated

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It is the same through each component

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How is the potential difference separates in a series

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It is shared between each component

28
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Parallel circuit potential difference

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Is the same as the battery in all

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Parallel circuit current

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Shared(splinted) in the branches

30
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What path does the current always take

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The path of least resistance

31
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When the resistance halves, the current

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Doubles

32
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In a thermistor, the resistance decreases as

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Temperature increases

33
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Thermistors is used for

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Temperature control

34
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What are the safety rules in a Experiment to investigate the resistance of a thermistor as its temperature changes

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Hair tied back. No wires near flame. Use heat proof mat. Do not set up it near edge of desk

35
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What is ohms law

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The c urgent is directly proportional to the p.d

36
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VIR equation

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Voltage= Current x resistance

37
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What is electric current

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The rate of flow of electric charge

38
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QIT equation

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Charge= Current x time

39
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What is potential difference

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The potential difference is the energy transferred per coulomb of charge

40
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EQV equation

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Energy=chargexp.d

41
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Power is the

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Rate at which energy is transferred (ie per sec)

42
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EPt equation

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Energy=power x time

43
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PIV equation

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Power= current x p.d

44
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PI2R equation

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Power=current^2 x resistance

45
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In a LDR, resistance decreases as light

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Increases

46
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LDR is used for

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Lighting control (ie switching lights when it gets dark)

47
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What are the safety rules in the investigation of the resistance of an LDR at different light levels

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Light bulb will will get hot so switch the lamp off when it not being used and avoid touching the bulb

48
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A resistor at constant temperature has a

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Linear relationship and obeys Ohm’s law

49
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A filament lamp graph has a

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Non linear relationship an it is does not obey ohms law. As the p.d increases the current increases

50
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A diode is

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A component that has very low resistance in one direction but high resistance in the other

51
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Electrical working is the

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Method of transferring energy from chemical stores to electrical components

52
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Fixed resistor is a

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Component used to reduce flow of current inns circuit by fixed amount

53
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LDR

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Light Dependent resistor

54
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Net resistance is

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The resistance of a circuit if all the components were replaced by a single resistor

55
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Non linear circuit is

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A circuit component that has a resistance that changes

56
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Sensing circuit

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A circuit that contains a component that changes resistance with a change in environment

57
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A spark is

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The breakdown of air that discharges a charged object/ the heating of air which provided light and sound

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Static electricity is

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The charge that insulating objects get due to the transfer of negative electrons

59
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Thermistor

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Component that decreases resistance With increase of temperature in surroundinnsn

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Variable resistor

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A circuit component which has a resistance that can be varied by changing the amount of wire/or other resisting material

61
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Energy transferred in kilowatt per hour

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kWh

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