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What is the brown lead in a plug?

A

Live lead

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What is double insulation?

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2 layers of plastic to protect you from high voltage mains

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What does the fuse do?

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Melts if the current passing through is too big, it breaks the circuit

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What is the green and yellow lead?

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Earth wire

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What is the blue lead?

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The neutral pin

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What does the earth wire protect you from?

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Electrocution

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What happens when there’s a greater current flowing through a wire?

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It becomes hotter, moving electrons transfer energy to fixed metal atoms

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What is one watt? _____per______

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1 joule per second

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What is one amp? _____per____

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1 coulomb per second

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What is 1 volt? ____per____

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Joule per coulomb

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In a series circuit what is the current like?

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Same at all points

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What is the voltage like in a series circuit?

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Shared between components

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What is the voltage like in parallel?

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Same across each branch

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What’s does the current do in parallel?

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Divides

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Where are ammeters connected?

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In series

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Where are voltmeters connected?

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In parallel with a component

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What is the relationship between current and voltage in a resistor?

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Directly proportional

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What is the relationship between current and voltage in a filament bulb?

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As the current increases the bulb heats up. Resistance increases so the graph flattens out after a while

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What is the relationship between current and voltage in a diode?

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No current when voltage is negative, in positive direction, current increases

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What is voltage?

A

Energy transferred per unit charge passed

20
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What can be charged by friction?

A

Insulators

21
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When can electrostatics be used?

A

Painting, negative charge in paint attracted to positive charge on car
Photocopying

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