Current Electricity Flashcards
How does an insulator become charged?
Electrons are rubbed of one material and deposited on the other the insulator becomes positively or negatively charged
What materials rub to gather to become charged
Insulating
Like charges
Repel
Unlike charges
Attract
Current is measured by
An ammeter
Potential difference measured with
Voltmeter
Ohm’s law
Current through a resistor at constant temp is directly proportional to the potential difference across the resistor
Ammeters are always connected in
Series
Voltmeters are always connected in
Parallel
Unit of resistance
Ohms
What happens to the resistance of an LDR if it’s surroundings become darker?
Increases
What effect does reversing the pd (potential difference) across a filament bulb have on the current-potential difference curve?
It makes no difference
Where are the components connected in a series circuit
One after the other
What happens in a series circuit if one component stops working
The charge stops flowing
Ina series circuit the company’s have the same
Current in each