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1
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What is Electricity?

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Describes all the phenomena caused by positive and negative charges

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What is Electrical Charge?

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A property of protons and electrons

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3
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What is the Coulomb

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The unit of measurement for electrical charge. One Coulomb: 6.25x10^18 electrons or protons. Symbol=C

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4
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Explain how protons act

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cannot move, they are trapped inside of the nucleus

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5
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Explain how electrons act

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Can move, they rotate freely around the nucleus.

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6
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What is only transferred?

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Electrons

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7
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Explain what charged objects are

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all objects have the same number of positive and negative charges

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8
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What are neutral objects

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same number of positive and negative charges

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9
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what are positively charged objects

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more positive charges than negative

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What are negatively charged objects

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more negative charges than positive charges.

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11
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Explain Electrical Forces of attraction and repulsion

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  • opposites attract and likes repel
  • Electrical charges of like signs repel each other
  • Electrical charges of opposite signs attract each other
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12
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What is the law of conservation of charge

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  • states that Electrical charges can be neither created nor destroyed; they can only be transferred from one body to another.
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13
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what are conductors:

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substance that permits the free flow of electrical charges. Ex: metals, electrolytic solutions.

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14
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What are insulators:

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Substance that impedes the free flow of electrical charges. Ex: nonmetals (usually), plastic, glass, ceramics, rubber, air

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15
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What are semi-conductors:

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Substance that exhibits variable conductivity, depending on different factors. Ex: metalloids, carbon, silicon.

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16
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What is static electricity:

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describes the phenomena of electrical charges at rest.

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17
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What is charging by friction

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  • two bodies are neutral
  • two objects are rubbed together, one object loses electrons
  • the other gains them, both objects are charged.
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18
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What series needs to be known but not what it is ?

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Triboelectric series

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19
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what is charging by conduction

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  • one charged object and one neutral object
  • the charge of one object is shared between 2 objects when they come into contact
  • two objects with like charges
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20
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What is charging by induction

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  • one charged objects and one neutral object
  • the proximity of the charged object causes the charges in the neutral object to separate
  • one charged object and one object carrying a partial positive charge on one side and a partial negative charge on the other side.
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21
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WHat is coulombs law

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the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles determined by the amount of charge and the distance between the charges.

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22
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WHat is a magnet

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an objectt that can attract other objects containing iron, cobalt, and nickel

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23
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what is ferromagnetic

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magnetic objects made of iron colbalt or nickel

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24
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what is the magnetic field

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the area of space in which the magnetic force of a magnet can act on another magnet. the field lines never cross

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25
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explain the magnetic forces of attraction and repulsion

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opposite magnetic poles attract each other and like magnetic poles repel each other

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26
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Explain the earth’s magnetic poles

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the north pole of a compass is the end that naturally seeks the earth’s magnetic south pole near the geographic north pole. SO the poles are switched on earth.

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27
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What is the electromagnetic force

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this is the force generated by an electromagnetic field. Anything with an electrical current creates an EM field.

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28
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WHat is electromagnetism

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describes all the phenomena resulting from the interaction between electricity and magnetism

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29
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how to make a stronger electromagnet

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  • more power
  • more wraps
  • use iron core
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30
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describes the right hand rule using the magnetic field of a live wire

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  1. grasp the wire with the thumb pointing in the direction of the current flow (negative)
  2. the curled fingers point to the direction of the magnetic field
31
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what is a solenoid

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long thin loop of wire which produces a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it

32
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explain the right hand rule for a solenoid or electromagnet

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  1. fingers follow current (negative)
  2. thumb points north
33
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what are the factors affecting resistance

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  • substance: type of conductor (good or bad)
  • length: the longer the wire the greater the resistance
  • diameter: smaller diameter resists the flow more than a larger diameter wire
  • temperature: warm wire resists more than a cold one
34
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what is an electric current

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flow of negative charges carried by electrons

35
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what is electricity

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electrical charges in motion

36
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what is an electrical current

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a network in which electrical charges can flow continuously in a loop

37
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what is current intensity

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the number of charges that flow past a given point in an electrical circuit every second

38
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What is the unit for current intensity

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I (ampere A)

39
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how to meassure current intensity in amps

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ammeter

40
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what does the ammeter measure

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the current (I in amps) flowing in through the circuit

41
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What does the voltmeter measure

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the potential difference between two points, how much the “push” has changed

42
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what is potential difference (volts)

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the amount of energy transferred between two points in an electrical circuit

43
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what is the unit for potential difference

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Volt (V)

44
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what is the “push”

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s needed to make the current flow

45
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what is electrical resistance

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the ability of a material to slow down or resist the flow of electric current

46
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what are the units for resister

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Ohm (the Lululemon sign)

47
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what are the two types of resistor

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  • component that acts to reduce the current flow to lower voltage in circuits
  • component that transforms electrical energy into heat, light, sound, or motion (bulb, motor, speakers)
48
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what does the resistor act like

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a dam that slows down the current

49
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what does Ohm’s law state

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staes that for a given resistance, the potential difference in a circuit is directly proportional to the current intensity

50
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what is the triangle for volts

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V
I R

51
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what are the two types of charges called

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positive and negative

52
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what is a neutral object

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has no charge/same number of psitive and negative charge

53
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are protons available for charging objects

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they cannot move and they are trapped in the nucleus therefore no they are not available for charging objects

54
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are electrons available for for charging objects

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they can move and they rotate freely around the nucleus therefore they are available for charging objects.

55
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how do we charge an object positively

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more positives than negatives

56
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how do we charge an object negativiely

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more negatives than positives

57
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what would happen if a polyethelyne ruler was rubbed with a wool cloth

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the polyethylene ruler would take the wool’s negative charges.

58
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whar would happen if you used a cotton cloth to wipe your glass window clean

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the cotton cloth would become negatively charged.

59
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true or false: acetate rubbed with cotton will become positively charged because the acetate will gain/receive positive charges

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true

60
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true or false: polyethylene rubbed with wool will become negatively charged because the polyethylene will lose positive charges and the wool will gain/receive these positive charges

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false

61
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you have two spheres made of ebonite. you rub one with rubber and the other with cotton. what would happen if you brought both spheres together

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they will attract

62
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is this a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator?
- the porcelain that holds wires on utility poles

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insulator

63
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is this a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator? a copper wire in an electronic circuit

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conductor

64
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is this a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator?
a resistor in a printed circuit

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semi-conductor

65
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is this a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator?
the filament in a light buld

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semi-conductor

66
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is this a conductor, semi-conductor, or insulator?
the rubber coating around a wire

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insulator

67
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
to make a ballon stick to the wall, you rub it on your head

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friction

68
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
a trickle of water is redirected by a charged ruler

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induction

69
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
clothes are full of static electricity when they come out of the dryer

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frictions

70
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
a teenage boy becomes electrically charged by dragging his feet

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friction

71
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
you put a charged object in contact with a metal-leaf electroscope

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induction

72
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has the object been charged by friction, conduction, or induction?
confetti is drawn to charged objects

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conduction

73
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what is the difference between a electromagnet and a solenoid

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electromagnet has a core and it describes all the phenomena resulting from interaction between electricity from a magnet. a solenoid has a wire that produces a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through.

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