More ICP Vocab Cards

Question 1

Electric Current

Answer 1

a movement of positive or negative electric particles (such as electrons) accompanied by such observable effects as the production of heat, of a magnetic field, or of chemical transformations

Question 2

Alternating Current

Answer 2

an electric current that reverses its direction at regularly recurring intervals —> abbreviation AC

Question 2

Direct Current

Answer 2

an electric current flowing in one direction only and substantially constant in value —> abbreviation DC

Question 3

Electron

Answer 3

an elementary particle consisting of a charge of negative electricity equal to about 1.602 × 10^−19 coulomb and having a mass when at rest of about 9.109 × 10^−31 kilogram or about ¹/₁₈₃₆ that of a proton

Question 4

Voltage

Answer 4

electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts

Question 5

Resistance

Answer 5

the opposition offered by a body or substance to the passage through it of a steady electric current

Question 6

Insulator

Answer 6

a material that is a poor conductor (as of electricity or heat)

Question 7

Magnetic Field

Answer 7

the portion of space near a magnetic body or a current-carrying body in which the magnetic forces due to the body or current can be detected

Question 8

Magnetic Pole

Answer 8

either of two small regions which are located respectively in the polar areas of the northern and southern hemispheres and toward which a compass needle points from any direction throughout adjacent regions

Question 9

Ferromagnet

Answer 9

of or relating to substances with an abnormally high magnetic permeability, a definite saturation point, and appreciable residual magnetism and hysteresis

Question 10

EMF

Answer 10

electromagnetic field