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What is POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE? (V)

A

The energy transferred per unit charge across the ends of a conductor.

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What is CURRENT? (I)

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The rate of flow of electric charge. (A-Amperes)

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What is RESISTANCE? (R)

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The opposition to current flow measured in ohms (Ω)

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What is a POTENTIAL DIVIDER CIRCUIT?

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When the resistors in series are not the same.

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5
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What does EMF stand for?

A

Electro motor force.

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What does EMF mean?

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  1. maximum amount of power per coulomb charge provided by batteries
    or
  2. potential difference across a battery when there is no current flow in the circuit
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What is TERMINAL POTENTIAL?

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Potential difference across a battery when there is a current flow.

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What is WORK DONE?

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The energy transferred.

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What is KINETIC ENERGY?

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The energy of motion.

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What is GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY?

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Energy as a result of position above earths surface.

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What is THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY?

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In an isolated system (no external force), the total mechanical energy remains constant

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What is a PULSE?

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A single disturbance that is propagated by a medium.

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What is AMPLITUDE?

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Maximum displacement from rest position. (A)

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What is a TRANSVERSE PULSE?

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The distance is perpendicular ti the direction of motion.

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What is a LONGITUDINAL PULSE?

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The disturbance is parallel to the direction of motion.

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What is a INTERFERENCE?

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When two pulses in the same medium meet and interact with each other.

17
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What is a CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE?

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Two pulses in phase.

18
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What is a DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE?

A

Two pulses out of phase.

19
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What are WAVES?

A

A repetition of pulses.

20
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What is WAVELENGTH?

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The distance between two consecutive points that are in phase.

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What is FREQUENCY?

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The number of waves or complete oscillations per second.

22
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Define FREE FALL

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The movement of an object when the only force is gravity.

23
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What is VELOCITY?

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The rate of change in displacement.

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What is ACCELERATION?

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The rate of change in velocity.

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What is DISPLACEMENT?

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The change in the position of an object represented by a line drawn from its starting to its ending point.

26
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What is SPEED?

A

the displacement of an object divided by the time the journey took.

27
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What is OHMS LAW?

A

The potential difference across a conductor is directly proportional to the current through it, at a constant temperature.

28
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What is POWER?

A

The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred.

29
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What is **QUANTISATION OF CHARGE **?

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All charges in the universe consist of an integer multiple of the charge of one electron.

30
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What is FREQUENCY?

A

the number of waves or complete oscillations per second.

31
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What is SPEED

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the displacement of an object divided by the time the journey took