Mock P4,5,7,11 Flashcards

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1
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An electric current is

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The flow of charge

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2
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Charge flow =

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Current x time taken

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3
Q

Resistance =

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Potential difference over current

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4
Q

Ohmic conductors

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Have fixed resistance if their temperature doesn’t change

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5
Q

Current flowing is directly proportional to

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The potential difference

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6
Q

What happens in a series circuit if you remove one component

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Circuit is broken

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7
Q

Total pd in a series circuit is

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Shared between components

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8
Q

Total resistance found in a seroes corcuit by

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Adding the components

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9
Q

Each component in a parallel circuit

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Is separately connected to the ends of the power supply

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10
Q

All compensnts in parralwl circuits

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Get the full source pd

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11
Q

Brown wire is the

A

Live wire

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12
Q

Live wire

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Carries the alternating current from the supply

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13
Q

The blue wire is the

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Neutral wire

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14
Q

Neutral wire

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Completes the circuit

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15
Q

Green wire is the

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Earth wire

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16
Q

The earth wire

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Is the sadety wire.Stops the device becoming “live”

17
Q

Direct current

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Flows in one direction

18
Q

Alternating current

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Constantly changes dorection.

19
Q

National grid

A

System of cable and transformer

20
Q

National grid allows

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Electricity to be delivered to your homes safely

21
Q

Cables are made of

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Aluminium

22
Q

Why are the cables made out of aluminium

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So it’s light

23
Q

Step up transformer

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Increases voltage and reduces the current

24
Q

Step dlwn transformer

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Reduces the voltage and increases the current

25
Q

Advantages of pylons

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Cheap.
Open to air cooling of cables

26
Q

Disadvantages of pylons

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Ugly,ruin landscape.
Vulnerable to weather
Must cut across large amounts of land

27
Q

Issues with underground power cables

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Lots of digging
Expensive
Maintenance a lot harder.
Cables get rlly hot underground

28
Q

Nuclear radiation

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When the nucleus of an atom wmkts radiation because it is unstable

29
Q

Three types of nuclear radiation

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Alpha radiation
Beta radiation
Gamma radiation

30
Q

Ionising radiation

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When radiation collides with neutral atoms or molecules it alters their structure

31
Q

Alpha particles made up of

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2 protons and 2 neutrons

32
Q

Beta particles

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Is an electron created and emitted by a nuckeaus which has too many neutrons compared to protons

33
Q

Gamma particles is

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Emmited by an unstable nucei after an alpha or beta has been emitted

34
Q

Half life is

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The number of nuclei of the radioactive isotope in a sample to halve