Current Electricity Flashcards

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Current

A

Rate of flow of charge

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Charge

A

Fundamental property of certain cm types of matter

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Voltage

A

Joules per coulomb

Energy per unit charge

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Resistance

A

Difficulty for electrons to pass through circuit

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Equation which links charge time and current

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Current = charge/time

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Appliance to measure charge

A

Ammeter

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Appliance to measure voltage

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Voltmeter

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Current in a circuit

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Flows from positive terminal to negative terminal mad delocalised electrons move in opposite direction

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Electrons in one coulomb

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6.25 x 10^18

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9
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1 coulomb per second =

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1 amp

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10
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Ohms Law

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Current Is DP to potential difference of ohmic resistor

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Equation linking current and voltage in wire

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Voltage = constant x current

Constant (resistance)

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Filament lamp voltage and current

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As voltage increases, the rate at which current one increases, decreases

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Equation linking current time and charge

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Charge = current/time

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Equation liking resistance voltage and current

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Voltage= resistance x current

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15
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Temperature and resistance

A

As temperature increases

Resistance increases

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Current in a series circuit

A

Same everywhere

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Current in a parallel circuit

A

Splits at branches

18
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Voltage in a series circuit

A

Same everywhere

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Voltage in a parallel circuit

A

Same over each resistor

20
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Resistance of LDR

A

Decreases as light increases

21
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Resistance of thermistor

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Decreases as temperature increases