Current Electricity (i) Flashcards

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A coulomb is

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A fixed amount of electrons together in a cloud

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Charge (Q) is measured in

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Coulombs (C)

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Current (I) is measured in

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Amps (A)

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Current is the

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Rate of flow of charge

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Current =

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Charge/time

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Time (t) is measured in

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Seconds

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What does an ammeter do

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Counts how many Coulombs of charge pass through it in 1 second

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Voltage (V) is measured in

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Volts

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Cells and power supplies give … To each coulomb of charge

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Electrical energy

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The electrical energy the coulombs contain in a circuit are then converted into sound kinetic heat energy etc via an

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Appliance

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Voltage is

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The energy per coulomb

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Voltage =

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Energy (e) / charge (Q)

J/C

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What does a voltmeter record

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How much energy each Coulomb has

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When a coulomb passes through a resistor ie bulb, motor etc what is done

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Work

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If there is only one resistor in the circuit, it will transform all of its … Into other forms and leave the resistor with 0J

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Electrical energy

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The voltmeter measures the electrical energy the coulomb has at x and y and calculates the difference between then, this is called

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Potential difference (per coulomb of charge)

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Resistance is

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A physical property devices have

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Resistance reduces the

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Flow of charge an causes Joule heating causing wires to get hot this occur as the coulomb has to do work to get through it so it converts some of the electrical energy it has to thermal energy

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equation for resistance

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Current (direct proporsh sign) 1/resistance

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As resistance increases

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Current decreases

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Ac

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Alternating current

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Dc

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Direct current

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Electron flow is from

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  • to +
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Conventional current is from

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+ to -

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Metals are .. Electrical conductors because they have .. electrons that are able to move about. These delocalised electrons are … Charged and are … towards the positive terminal or … From the negative terminal of a cell

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Good
Delocalised
Negatively 
Attracted
repelled
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Current does not get used up at a junction in a circuit, whatever amount flows into a junction must flow out of the junction, whos law is this

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Kirchhoffs 1st law

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Two bulbs with one cell in a series circuit

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Both dim as all energy goes into first resistor it hits

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Two bulbs one cell parallel circuit

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Both bright as energy is evenly distributed