Basic principles of electricity

Question 1

What do opposite charges that are seperated from each other provide?

Answer 1

a stored form of potential energy

Question 2

What is happening when the stored form of potential energy is allowed to flow toward one another?

Answer 2

work is being done

Question 3

What are 2 examples of stored forms of potential energy flowing toward one another?

Answer 3

battery

human body

Question 4

the energy stored in the seperated charge

Answer 4

voltage

Question 5

The greater the difference in charge the greater the…..

Answer 5

voltage

Question 6

when electrons or ions are allowed to flow

Answer 6

current

Question 7

In the body what is flowing?

Answer 7

ions rather than electrons

Question 8

What is the resting membrane potential?

Answer 8

the resting state of the cell which has a different charge inside the cell

Question 9

What is the resting membrane potential created by?

Answer 9

the difference in the ions located inside the cell versus outside the cell

Question 10

What are ion channels responsible for?

Answer 10

the transporatation of ions

Question 11

What are the 2 basic types of ion channels?

Answer 11

leakage (always partially open)

gated (open and close in response to a stimulus)