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Combined Physics - 6.2 Flashcards

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What are the circuit symbols for a switch (open and closed), a cell and a battery?

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What are the circuit symbols for a diode, resistor, variable resistor and LED?

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What are the circuit symbols for a lamp, fuse and voltmeter?

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What are the circuit symbols for an ammeter, thermistor and LDR?

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For electrical charge to flow through a closed circuit what must be included?

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A source of potential difference

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What is electrical current and what determines the size of the current?

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The flow of electrical charge, determined by the rate of flow

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What is the equation for charge flow?

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In a single closed loop, what value would the current have at any point?

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The same value

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What affects the current through a given component?

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The resistance of the component and the potential difference across it

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For a given potential difference, what happens to the current when the resistance increases?

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The current gets smaller

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What equation links potential difference, current and voltage?

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What happens to the resistance of an ohmic conductor (such as a wire) when the current changes?

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The resistance of ohmic conductors doesn’t change with current

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What happens to the resistance of a diode or filament lamp when current changes?

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Resistance increases with temperature, such as the current increases the resistance increases

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Draw and describe an I-V graph for an ohmic resistor (e.g. a resistor at a constant temperature)

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Current (at constant temperature) is directly proportional to potential difference

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Draw and describe an I-V graph for a filament lamp

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As the current increases the temperature of the filament lamp increases (so the resistance increases) meaning less current can flow per unit potential difference

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Draw and describe an I-V graph for a diode

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Current will only flow in one direction (there is a very high resistance in the other direction)

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What happens to the resistance of a thermistor as temperature increases?

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As temperature increases a thermistor’s resistance decreases

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Where are thermistors commonly found?

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Car engine temperature sensors / electronic thermostats (as temperature rises the resistance decreases)

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What happens to the resistance of a LDR as light increases?

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As light increases a LDR’s resistance decreases

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Where are LDRs commonly found?

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LDRs are used as automatic night lights / burglar detectors (in bright light the resistance is low)

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How are LDRs and thermistors used in sensing circuits?

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Sensing circuits can be used to turn on / increase the power to components depending on conditions (e.g. as a room gets hotter the resistance of a thermistor decreases taking a smaller share of the potential difference from a power supply allowing a fan to get more potential difference and spin faster)

22
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What are the two ways of joining an electrical component?

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In series or in parallel

23
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In a series circuit, what is the current like through all components?

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The same

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How is the total potential difference distributed between the components in a series circuit?

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It is shared

25
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How are step-down transformers used within the National Grid?

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Step-down transformers bring the 400’000V of the National Grid down to 230V for domestic use

26
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How can the total resistance of two components in a series circuit be worked out?

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The total resistance of the components in a series circuit is the sum of all of them

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In a parallel circuit what is the potential difference across each component like?

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It is the same

28
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What would the total resistance of two resistors be?

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Less than the resistance of the smallest individual resistor

29
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What type of electricity supply is a battery?

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Direct current (DC)

30
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What is the equation for Rtotal?

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Rtotal = R1 + R2

31
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How can the total current through a parallel circuit be calculated?

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It is the sum of the currents through the separate components

32
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What type of electricity supply is mains?

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Alternating current (AC)

33
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Describe direct current supplies

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Current that is always flowing in the same direction (created by a direct voltage)

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Describe alternating current supplies

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Current which constantly changes direction

35
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What is a three-core cable?

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Three wires (core of copper) with a brown (live wire), blue (neutral wire) and green / yellow (Earth wire)

36
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What is the function of the neutral wire (blue)

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Completes the circuit carrying current away (OV)

37
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How can the live wire cause an electric shock?

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Touching a live wire (230V) puts a large potential difference across your body (0V) which can shock / kill

38
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Describe the characteristics of the UK mains supply

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230V AC with a frequency of 50Hz

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What is the function of the live wire (brown)?

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Provides the alternating potential difference (230V)

40
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What is the function of the Earth wire (green / yellow)?

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Acts as a safety device, stopping the appliance casing from becoming live (OV)

41
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Q. What equations links power, current and potential difference?

Q. What equation links power, current and resistance?

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Power = current x potential difference

P = I V

Power = current2 x resistance

P = I2 R

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What determines how much energy an appliance transfers?

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How long the appliance is on for and the power of the appliance

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Q. What equation links energy transferred, power and time?

Q. What equation links energy transferred, charge flow and potential difference?

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Energy transferred = power x time

E = P t

Energy transferred = charge flow x potential difference

E = Q V

44
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In the UK, how is electricity distributed?

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Via the National Grid

45
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How is the National Grid made as efficient as possible?

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A high potential difference and a low current which, for a given power, decreases energy lost by heating (the wires / surroundings)

46
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What is ‘done’ when charge flows in a circuit?

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Work (done)

47
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What effects of the power of a circuit?

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  • The potential difference and current which runs through it
  • The energy transferred over a given time
48
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What does the National Grid comprise of?

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A system of cables and transformers linking power stations to consumers

49
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How are step-up transformers used within the National Grid?

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Step-up transformers increase the potential difference of the National Grid to 400,000V

GCSE Combined Science (Physics) (7 decks)

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