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How do object become charged?

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Transferring electrons, with the force of friction

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What are fields?

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A region within which object experience a force

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What is essential for the three fields?

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Gravitational = needs mass
Magnetic = needs anything with magnetic properties
Electric = needs a charged object

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What way do electric field lines go?
(electrostatic)

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Leave positive and enter negative

Positive is the long wire, negative is the short

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What do charge objects experience in an electric field?

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Repulsion or attraction

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What is current?

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The rate of flow of charge, how many electrons pass a point in a second

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What is the formula for current?

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I = Q➗ T
I= amps
Q= coulombs
T= seconds

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What is the symbol for a diode?

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A circle with a triangle , line at the end pointing in the direction of current

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What is the symbol for an LEd

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The symbol of a diode with two arrows coming out of the circle

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What is the symbol for a fixed resistor?

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A solid rectangle

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What is the symbol for a variable resistor, what does it do?

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A solid rectangle with an arrow going diagonally though

Vary the resistance, and the current and p.d

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What is the symbol of a fuse?

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A rectangle with a line going through

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What is the symbol for a heater?

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A solid rectangle cut into boxes

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How much charge does an electron carry?

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1.6 ✖️10^-19 coulombs

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What is voltage?

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The measure of energy per charge
V= E/ Q

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What is potential difference?

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Difference in voltage between two points

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What is the equation for potential difference? (Energy)

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V = W➗Q
V= potential difference ,v
W= work done, J
Q= charge , C

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What is resistance?

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The opposition to the passage of charge (current)

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How does temperature affect resistance?

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The more kinetic energy the positive ions have the more they vibrate up and down. Stopping them flow, reducing current.
The greater the temperature, the greater resistance

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Why does current transfer energy in a circuit?

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Resistance, the higher the resistance, the more energy is transferred by the current

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What is the main equation for potential difference?

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V=I ✖️R
V= pd, volts
I= current , amps
R= resistance, ohms

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What is charge?

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A property of matter ,
Electrons carry charge

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What is a series circuit?

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The electrons must travel through every component,
Just one loop, no branches

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How does the current differ in a series circuit?

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It stays the same throughout
It=I1=I2

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How does the voltage differ in a series circuit?
The total voltage is shared throughout the circuit Vt=V1+V2
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How does resistance differ in a series circuit?
It’s shared out throughout the circuit Rt=R1+R2
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What is a parallel circuit ?
The electrons do not travel through the same components. The circuit has branches
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How does current differ in a parallel circuit?
It distributed between each branch It= I1+I2
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How does potential difference differ in a parallel circuit?
It is the same across each branch Vt = V1 =V2
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How does resistance differ in a parallel circuit?
1/Rt= 1/R1 + 1/R2
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What p.d is required to create 1A?
100 kw Therefore it is very unlikely that you’d be injured by an electrical currents
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What is the gradient of an I-V graph ?
1/R Opposite of resistance
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What is ohms law?
The current through a component is directly proportional to the potential difference, as along as the temperature is kept constant
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What does a diagonal straight line show on an IV graph?
Constant resistance
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What does a steep gradient show on an IV graph?
low resistance
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What does a shallow gradient show on an IV graph?
high resistance
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Explain why as the p.d increases , the component gets hotter?
Some of energy transferred as the electrons pass through the component (voltage). more energy transferred per coulomb of charge Some of this energy is transferred to heat
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What pattern do fixed resistors follow on an IV graph
🔺Diagonal straight line (linear circuit element) - resistance is constantly 🔺Ohmic conductors (follows Ohm’s law)
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How can you note temperature in an IV graph
As the p.d is increasing, so is the temperature
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Describe the IV graph for a filament light bulb
🔺The resistance increases with p.d 🔺As the resistance increases as it is getting hotter 🔺Non - linear circuit element
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Describe the IV graph for a diode
Forwards resistance is low Reverse resistance is high
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How does the net resistance change when you add more resistors in a series circuit?
The net resistance increases as the total current decreases
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How does the net resistance of a parallel circuit change when you add more resistors?
The net resistance decreases, and will always be smaller than the resistance of the smallest resistance branch The total current increases
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What is a sensor circuit?
A circuit that turns a component on or off automatically in response to external stimuli
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What is a thermistor?
A type of resistor who’s resistance in reduced greatly by heating Inverse temp and resistance
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Describe how a thermistor works
🔘in series with a fixed resistor and in parallel with a component 🔘as temperature decreases, resistance increases (more than the fixed resistor) 🔘as ratio of shared resistance increases so does the shared p.d 🔘as in parallel with the component the p.d also increases at it is the same 🔘once voltage is high enough the working potential is reached and it is switched on
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How would you calculate sensor circuits
Use ratios and assume the same ratio for P.d as resistance ratios
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What is electrical power?
The rate of electrical energy transfer Joules per second
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What is the formula for electrical power?
P=I ✖️V P=Watts I= amps V= volts
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What is the equation for electrical power(2) ?
P = I^2✖️R P= watts I= amphs R=ohms
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What are watts a measures of?
The amount of joules transferred in a second
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What is a diode?
A semi- conduct that allows current to flow easily in one direction, but restricts it in the other
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What is an LDR ?
A light dependant resistor. When the light intensity decreases, the resistance increases.
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Why does moisture decrease the build up of static charge?
Moisture can conduct charge, not allowing it to build up
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How does the amount of resistance wire affect the current?
The more the wire , the less the current The less wire, the more current
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How is the relationship between temperature and p.d shown on a graph?
A curving gradient of resistance as p.d increases
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How is current calculated? if given a certain amount of electrons
The number of electrons ✖️1.6*10^-19 coulombs
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What happens to the electrons when the current is doubled?
The amount of electrons present doubles
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What do the electrons look like in a wire with no current?
Electrons are present , but all are moving in random directions. They all chance, each other out with an overall 0 charge.
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How do thermistors decrease their resistance with increased temperature?
The ions vibrating faster < temperature releasing electrons from their shells- decreasing the resistance
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Why are their differences in voltage between the wires?
The cell/ battery creates chemical reactions which bunch up the electrons in places of the wire. So the electrons will travel from a high point to a low point , creating a p.d
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Why do the electrons travel from high voltage to low voltage?
Everything wants to have a lower energy state in the world.
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describe the relationship between current and resistance
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describe the relationship between temperature and resistance
Mention how it impacts current
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what are the conditions needs for charge to flow?
* a source of potential difference * a closed circuit
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what does it mean to be neutral?
a zero net charge, an equal amount of positive chanrge as negative charge
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how do you produce static electricity?
rubbing 2 insulators together transfering electrons from onr to the other creating a positive and neative charge
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what is discharge?
(removing the charge) connecting to something that allows charge to flow like a metal | air can conduct electricity
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what are sparks?
a flow of charge or current through the air
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define current :
the rate of flow of charge (electrons)
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what are the conditions required for charge flow?
* a closed circuit * source of potential difference
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compare series and parallel circiuts
* in parallel if one branch/ component breaks don- then the rest of the circuit remains unaffected
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how do you measure current in series ?
place the ammeter anywhere within the circuit in series, it will have the same reading all around because current is the same in a series circuit
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how do you measure current in a parallel circuit?
since current is shared throughout each branch , place the ammeter in series for each branch and the total wll be the total current
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how do you measure potential difference in a series circuit ?
place the voltmeter in parallel (wire with both sides of the component )
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how do you connect an ammeter ?
Negative terminal next to negative terminal
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How do you measure the potential difference in parallel?
the voltmeter in parallel to the cell will be the same as the pd for each branch
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How do you get the lowest total resistance ? (in parallel circuits)
The more components in parallel, the less Total resistance
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What side of the cell is negative and positive?
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Why would you use a resistor or a resistance wire ?
If you want the resistance to be constant
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What Is resistance ?
The collision of electrons with metal ions
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What is a linear circuit element ?
Resistance doesn’t change as the potential difference changes (constant resistance)
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How do thermistors decrease their resistance as temperature increases?
The semi conductor material allows electrons to escape from the atoms , producing current
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What happens when you add components to a series and parallel circuit?
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Where will there be more current (in a circuit) ?
Where less resistance is offered (less components)

GCSE Physics OCR A (13 decks)

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