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Resistance Flashcards

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What is resistance

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This is where components including wires try to stop the flow of electric current.

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What is it caused by

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It is caused by atoms in the wire getting in the way of the electrons that carry the electric current.

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The greater the resistance…

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The lower the current

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What in an electric circuit has resistance

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Everything

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