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What is the battery?

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More than one cell

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How must an an anmeter to be placed in a circuit?

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In series

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3
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How must a voltmeter be placed in a circus?

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In parallel to the component

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4
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What is needed for charge to flow through a closed circuit?

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A source of potential difference, e.g. in a cell

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5
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Define current

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The rate of flow of electrical charge

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6
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What is equation linking charge current and time?

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Charge = current X time

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7
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Define potential difference

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The work done when a coulumb of charge passes between two points

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8
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What is equation linking potential difference current and resistance?

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Potential difference = current X resistance

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9
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What is a series circuit?

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The components are in one complete loop

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10
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What is a parallel circuit?

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The components are in more than one loop

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How does resistance of a thermistor change as temperature changes?

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An increase in temperature decreases the resistance

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12
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How does resistance of an LDR change as light intensity changes

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An increase in light intensity decreases the resistance

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13
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How does current behave in a series circuit?

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Same at every point in the circus

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14
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How does potential difference behave in a series circuit

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The total potential difference of the power supply is shared between the components

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15
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How does resistance behave in a series circuit?

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Increases with the number of components

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16
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How do you calculate the total resistance of a component in series?

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Add the individual resistances together

R(total) = R1 + R2

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17
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How does current behave in a parallel circuit?

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The current splits to go down different branches and re-joins to go back through the power supply

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18
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How does potential difference behave in a parallel circuit?

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The potential difference across each branch is the same as the power supply

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19
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How does resistance behave in a parallel circuit?

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The total resistance of two resistors is less than the resistance of the smallest, individual resistor

20
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How can you measure the resistance of a component?

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Use an anmeter in series and a voltmeter in parallel to measure the potential difference across and the current through a component

21
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What is the potential differences of mains electricity in the UK?

A

230 V

22
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What is the frequency of mains electricity in the UK?

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50Hz

23
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What is direct current?

A

The flow of charge is only in One Direction

24
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what is an alternating current?

A

The flow of charge is continually changing direction

25
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What is direct potential differences?

A

The potential difference is in One Direction only

26
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What is alternating potential difference?

A

The potential difference is continually changing direction

27
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What are the three wires inside a plug?

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Live - brown

Neutral - blue

Earth - green and yellow

28
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What are the safety features on a plug?

A

Earth wire, fuse

29
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What is power?

A

Rate of energy transfer

30
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What is the equation linking power current and potential difference?

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Power= potential difference X current

31
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What is the equation linking power, current and resistance?

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Power = current2 x resistance

32
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What is the equation linking power, energy, and time

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Power equals energy divided by time

33
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What is the equation linking energy charge and potential difference?

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Energy transferred = charge flow X potential difference

34
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What is the national grid?

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A system of cables and transformers linking power stations to consumers

35
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What does step up transformer do?

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Used to increase the potential difference from the power station to the transmission cables

36
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What does a step down transformer do?

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Used to decrease, to a much lower value, the potential difference for domestic use

37
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Why is a high potential difference used to transfer electrical power on the National Grid?

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Gives a low current. This reduces energy losses through heating, increasing efficiency.

38
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How are electrons transferred between materials?

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Rub together, friction moves electrons from one

39
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How does a material become negatively charged?

A

Gains electrons

40
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How does the material become positively charged?

A

Loses electrons

41
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What happens when two materials covering the same charges are brought close together

A

They repel

42
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What happens when two materials carrying a different charger brought closer together?

A

They attract each other

43
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Is static charge an example of a non-contact force or a contact force

A

No contact

44
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What surrounds a charged object?

A

Electric field

45
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What happens to the strength of the electric field with increasing distance from charged object?

A

Get weaker

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