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Flashcards by Aafreen Butt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aafreen Butt
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Circuit | A complete and closed path which the current flows around |
| Circuit Components | The things that go in the circuit They are all connected together |
| Energy | Power derived from physical or chemical resources used to fuel something |
| Circuit Symbols | A pictogram used to represent various electronic devices in a schematic diagram of a circuit |
| Electric Current | A flow of electric charge thats carried by moving electrons in a wire |
| Cell | A device containing electrodes used for generating current |
| Battery | A container consisting of one or more cells and also used as a source of power |
| Series Circuit | A circuit in which resistors are arranged in a chain so the current has one path to take |
| Parallel Circuit | It has two or more paths for a current to flow through Voltage is the same |
| Conductor | A material or device that conducts or transmits heat or electricity |
| Charge | To store electrical energy in a battery or battery operated device |
| Spark | A small fiery particle thrown off from a fire or ignition as gas turns on |
| Atom | The smallest part of a chemical element that can exist |
| Electron | A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity found in all atoms |
| Ampere | A unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second |
| Ammeter | An instrument for measuring electric current in amperes |
| Reading (of measuring instrument) | The reading is the unit or number of voltage or resistance that comes off of the ammeter or other measuring device |
| Scale | Scales are devices to measure weight or calculate mass |
| Independant Variable | A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another |
| Dependant Variable | A variable whose variation depends on that of another |
| Control Variable | The one element that does not change throughout an experiment |
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