term 3 Flashcards
static electricity
the build up of electrical charge without charge moving
friction
effort expanded in moving one object over another with pressure
series circuit
a circuit in which all the devices are placed one after another
parallel circuit
circuit that has two or more paths for the electricity to flow .
what happens when a resistor is added every time in a circuit
the overall current decreases
luminous object
an object that gives out light or energy of their own
wave
a repeating pattern of up and down or side to side movement
frequency
the amount of waves that passes a point per a second
refraction
the bending of light as it moves from one medium to another
reflection
when light bends and continues in the same medium
opaque
absorbs all the light and you can’t be able to see through
translucent
you can’t see through them but does allow light but not detailed shapes
why is a sunset red
red light is redacted least causing a sunset to be red, the other colours are no longer visible
electrolysis
the process by which ionic substances are decomposed into simpler substances
electrolyte
is any salt when dissolved in solution will give that solution the ability to conduct electricity
