Electricity Flashcards

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Internal resistance

A

The opposition to flow of charge within a battery

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Coulomb’s law

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The electrostatic force between 2 stationary charges is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

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Electric fields

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A region around an electric charge where another charge will experience an electrostatic force.
The direction of the electric field at a point is the direction that a positive test charge would move if places at that point.

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Ohms law

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The potential difference across 2 points in a conductor is directly proportional to the current in the conductor provided the temperature remains constant.

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5
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Current

A

Rate of flow of electricity charge

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6
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Resistance

A

Opposition to flow of charge through a conductor

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EMF

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Maximum energy that the battery supplies per coulomb charge

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Potential difference

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Energy used per column charge by the components between 2 points in the external circuit.

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External resistance

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Total resistance of all components connected in the circuit

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10
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Electric field at a point

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The electrostatic force experienced per unit positive charge place at that point

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Power

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The rate at which work is done

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