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What is Current
This flows from the positive terminal in a battery to the negative terminal in a battery.
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Opposites attract
What is the relationship between unlike charges
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Series
In what type of circuit, if one light bulb goes out, the rest go out.
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Amps
What unit do we use to measure current
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24 Amps
You charge your phone is a 120 V outlet. Your phone has a resistance of 5 ohms. What is the current running through your phone?
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"I"
What is the letter used to represent Current
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the electron
What particle of an atom is responsible for creating ions, or charged particles
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parallel
What type of circuit provides multiple paths for the current to flow.
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Ohms
What unit do we use to measure Resistance
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10 Ohms
You travel to Europe. You plug a toaster into a 220 V outlet and it has 22 Amps of current running through it. What is the resistance?
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Lightning causes the air around it to heat up rapidly and expand. The expansion of that air creates a sound called thunder
What is the cause of thunder?
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The particles in the cloud become charged and the unstable forces strike ground to become neutral.
How does lightning strike
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parallel
How are your homes wired
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A fuse
A devise that works to protect a circuit. If it runs too hot, the metal will melt and break the circuit?
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P= IV
What is the equation to find the power rating of an appliance?
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Static Electricity
Electricity that is not moving is called...
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Your hair becomes negatively charged and like charges repel from each other.
Why does your hair stand on end when touching a Van De Graaff
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Negative to positive
Electrons in a current flow which direction?
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Battery
What type of symbol illustrates the part of a circuit which is measured in volts?
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5 V
A curling iron has a power rating of 75 W. If it has a current of 15 Amps running through it, what type of outlet is it plugged into?
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An automatic switch that flips a circuit when it is running to many amps
What is a circuit breaker
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Not moving
What does the work static mean
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Parallel
In what type of circuit, if you add more bulbs they stat the same brightness
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Ohms Law
What shows us the relationship between current, resistors, and voltage?
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.5 Amps
Your alarm clock is plugged into a 120 Volt outlet and it has a power rating of 60 W. What is the current running through the alarm clock?
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