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Chapter 23: Electric Current Flashcards

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When there is a potential (voltage) difference charge flows from

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One end to the other analogous to water flowing from higher pressure to lower pressure

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Flow of charges occur will both potentials and pressures are

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Equal

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To obtain a continuous flow of charge in a conductor: A certain arrangement is required to

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Maintain a potential (voltage) difference while the charge flows from one end to another a battery is an example of such a device

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A continous flow is possible if the difference in water pressure is

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Maintained with the use of a pump

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A pump maintains the difference in

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Water level and hence the difference in water pressures

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Electric current flow of charged particles in

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Metal wires

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Conduction electrons are charge carriers that

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Freely move throughout an underlying fixed atomic lattice

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Protons are bound within the nuclei of

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Lattice atoms and do not flow

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Electron current is a rate of electric flow measured in

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Ampere (1 coulomb per second)

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Speed of electrons (drift speed) through a wire is slow because of

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Continuous bumping of electrons in wire

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Voltage sources charges flow only when they are

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“Pushed” or “driven”

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A continuous current needs a pumping device to provide a difference in

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Electrical potential like a voltage

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Electrons in conductor flow from

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Lower potential (-) to higher potential (+) inside a conducting material

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A battery or generator can maintain a

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Steady flow of charge

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Batteries and electric generators do work to

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Pull negative charges away from positive ones

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Work is done by

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Chemical disintegration of zinc or lead in an acid

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Energy stored in chemical bonds within the battery is converted to

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Electric potential energy

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Current in a circuit depends on

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Voltage and electrical resistance are measured in ohms

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Resistor

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1) Circuit elements that regulate current inside electrical devices
2) Circuit symbol for resistance in an electric circuit

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Factors affecting electrical resistance

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1) Inversely proportional to cross-sectional area
2) Directly proportional to length
3) Temperature
4) Material (resitively)

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Inversely proportional to cross-sectional area

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Thin wires, more resistance than thick wire

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Directly proportional to length doubling the

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Length and the resistance

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Material (resitively): like rubber is much more

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Resistance than copper of the same size

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Ohm’s Law

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The current is a circuit varies in direct proportion to the potential difference, or voltage, and inversely with the resistance

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For a constant resistance, current will be
Twice as much for twice the voltage
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For twice the resistance and twice the voltage, current will be
Unchanged
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When you double the voltage in a simple electric circuit, you double the
Current
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Electric shock: Damanging effects of shock result from
Current passing through the body
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Electric potential differences between
One part of your body and another part depends on body condition and resistance which can range from (100 ohms to 500,000 ohms)
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Does the bird feel a shock?
No, each claw is at the same voltage
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Cannot feel the current produced by what volt?
12 to 24 volts just barely tingles
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Direct current (dc)
1) Flow in one direction only 2) Electrons always move from the negative terminal toward the positive terminal
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Alternating current (ac)
1) Current alternatively flows in one direction and then in the opposite direction repeating peiodically 2) This is accomplished by alternating the polarity of voltage at the generator or other voltage source
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Household current is AC, current in a battery operated device such as
A laptop is DC
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AC to DC conversion uses a
Diode: an electronic device that acts as a one-way valve to allow current flow in one direction only
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Diode circuit symbol: As the symbol suggests, current flows in
The direction of the arrow but not in the reverse direction
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When we flip the light switch on a wall and the circuit, an electric field is
Established inside the conductor
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The electrons continues their random motions while simultaneously being
Nudged by the electric field
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An E is established through the wires at nearly the
Speed of light
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It is not the electrons that move at this speed, it is the
Electric field that can travel through a circuit at nearly the speed of light
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If the voltage source is dc, like the battery, electric field lines are
Maintained in one direction in the conductor
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Conduction electrons are accelerated by
The field in a direction parallel to the field lines
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Before they gain appreciable speed, they "bump into" the anchored metallic ions in their paths and transfer some of their
Kinetic energy to them
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Collision interrupt the motion of the electrons, so the speed at which they migrate along a wire is
Extremely low
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This net flow of electrons is the
Drift velocity
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At this rate, it would take about 3 hours for an electron to travel through
1 meter of wire
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Conventional current
Flow of positive charges from high potential (+) to low potential (-)
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Electron current
Flow of negative charges from low potential (-) to high potential (+)
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Electric power
Rate at which electric energy is converted into another form is electric power
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The brightness of incandescent lightbulbs can be judged by their
Power of a 100 W bulb glows brighter than a 60 W bulb
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Incandescent bulbs dissipate most of their energy in the form of
Heat not light, so they are not energy efficient
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Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are a type of fluorescent lamp that fits into
A standard lightbulb socket
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For the same wattage, CFLs emit much more
Light and much less heat than incandescent bulbs
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Another light source even more long-lasting (and efficient) is
The light emitting diode (LED)
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Between CFLs and LEDs, common use incandescent bulbs will soon be
History
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An electric circuit is
A path involving wires and electric components through which electric current flows
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A circuit must be complete (or closed) to allow current to
Flow continuously
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Circuit elements are usually connected in either two ways
1) Series connection 2) Parallel connection
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Series connection forms a
Single pathway for electron flow between the terminals of the battery, generator, or wall outlet
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Parallel connection forms a
Branches each of which is a separate path for the flow of electrons
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Electric current flows through a
Single pathway
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For a resistor circuit, the total resistance is
The sum of individual resistance
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Current is equal to the voltage supplied by the source divided by
The total resistance of the circuit
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The sum of the voltages across the resistance of each individual device is equal to
The total voltages supplied by the source
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The voltage drop across each device is proportional to
Its resistance
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If one component fails current in the
Entire circuit ceases
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Voltage is the
Same across each device
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The amount of current in each branch is
Inversely proportional to the resistance of the branch
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The total current in the circuit equals the
Sum of the currents in its parallel branches
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As the number of parallel branches
Increases, the overall resistance of the circuit decreases
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A break in one path does not
Interrupt the flow of charge in the other paths
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When two identical lamps in a circuit are connected in parallel, the total resistance is
Less than the resistance of each lamp
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Consider a lamp powered by a battery. Charges flow through both
The battery and the lamp

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