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P4 - Electric circuits 1️⃣✅ Flashcards

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What is an insulator?

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An insulator is a material bad a conducting heat/electricity/ transferring enegy

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What is a conductor?

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A conductor is a material good at conducting electricity or heat/ energy

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What are like charges?

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When charges are like, they are the same therefore repel away from each other

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What are unlike charges?

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When charges are unlike, they are different/opposite therefore attracted to each other

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5
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What is an electric field?

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A area around a charged object

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6
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What is a spark?

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An abrupt electrical charge

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7
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What is current?

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the measure of the flow of charged electrons around a circuit

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8
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What are the units for current?

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A, Amps

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9
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What is the symbol for current?

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I

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10
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What are the units for charge?

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C, Coulombs

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What is the symbol for charge?

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What is the equation that links current, charge and time?

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I = Q/t

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13
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What is potential difference?

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a measure of energy, per unit of charge, transferred between two points in a circuit

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What are units for potential difference?

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V, Volts

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What is the symbol for potential difference?

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V

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What is voltage?

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Voltage is the amount of energy transferred per coulomb of charge

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What are the units for voltage?

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V, Volts

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18
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What is the symbol for voltage?

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V

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19
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What is a fuse?

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A fuseiis a thin piece of wire that will melt if the current is too high e.g. breaks a circuit if a fault in an appliance causes too much current to flow

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20
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What is resistance?

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Everything that resists/ opposes the flow of charged electrons

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21
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What are the units for resistance?

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Ω, Ohms

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What is the symbol for resistance?

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R

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23
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What is ohms law?

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the higher the current the lower the resistance
(V = I x R)

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24
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What is the equation that links resistance, current and potential difference?

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V = I x R

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25
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What is an IV curve?

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A graph of current against voltage

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26
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What is a series circuit?

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When components are connected in one loops, connected one after the other

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What is a parallel circuit?

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A parallel circuit is a circuit with more than one loop in it

28
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What is the equation that links charge, energy transferred and potential difference?

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E = Q x V

29
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What is an acronym for the equation that links charge, energy transferred and potential difference?

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Englands Queen Victoria

30
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What is the eqauation that links power, current and voltage?

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P = I x V

31
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What is the equation that links power, current and resistance?

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P = I(squared) x R

32
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Current is _______ in a series circuit

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the same across all the components

33
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Potential difference is _______ in a series circuit

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shared e.g. Vtotal = V1 + V2 + V3…

34
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Resistance _______ in a series circuit

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sum of all individual resistances of each component

35
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Current is _______ in a parallel circuit

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shared e.g. Itotal = I1 + I2 + I3…

36
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Potential difference is _______ in a parallel circuit

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the same across all components

37
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Resistance _______ in a parallel circuit

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lowers/ decreases the more components added

38
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What does a diode do?

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Allows current to flow in only one direction

39
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What does a reisistor do?

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Set the current in a circuit

40
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What does a variable resistor do?

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Vary the size of current in a series circuit

41
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What does a thermistor do?

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measures temperature of a circuit/ resistance increases as temp falls

42
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What is the circuit symbol for an open switch?

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43
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What is the circuit symbol for a closed switch?

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44
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What is the circuit symbol for a cell?

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45
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What is the circuit symbol for a battery?

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46
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What is the circuit symbol for a diode?

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47
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What is the circuit symbol for a resistor

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48
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What is the circuit symbol for variable resistor?

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49
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What is the circuit symbol for a LED?

(light emitting diode)

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50
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What is the circuit symbol for a lamp?

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51
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What is the circuit symbol for a fuse?

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52
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What is the circuit symbol for a voltmeter?

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53
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What is the circuit symbol for an ammeter?

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54
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What is the circuit symbol for a thermistor?

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55
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What is the circuit symbol for an LDR?

(light dependent resistor)

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56
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Desicribe this graph

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  • Its a graph associated with a filament lamp
  • the reistance of the lamp increases as the temperature of the lamp increases
57
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Describe this graph

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  • its a graph associated with a diode
  • the current in a diode flows only in one direction
58
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Describe this graph

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  • its associated with a fixed resistor (or ohmic conductor)
  • and the current through it is directly proportional to the potential difference
59
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In series circuits:
* (V) Potential Difference is….
* (I) Current is…
* (R) Resistance is …

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  • shared
  • same
  • sum (added of each component)
60
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In parallel circuits:
* (V) Potential Difference is….
* (I) Current is…
* (R) Resistance is …

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  • same
  • shared
  • lower/decreases (the more components added)
61
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What is direct potential difference?

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Potential difference that always flows in the same direction

62
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Voltmeters are connected in __________

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Voltmeters are connected in parallel

63
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Ammeters are connected in __________

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Ammeters are connected in series

64
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What is charge?

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Charge is a measure of the total current that flowed within a period of time

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