Exsam 2 Flashcards

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All electrons are attracted to?

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Protons

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What is the charge of an electron?

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Negative

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If an atom or object losers electronIs, it becomes?

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Positively charged

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An electric current is made up of?

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Electrons moving towards a place that is positively charged.

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For an electric current to flow, what two systems are necessary?

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A difference in charge between two object or places.

A path for the current to fall through.

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Materials which allow an electrical current to easily flow through them are called?

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Conductors

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To keep an electric current in its pathway, the material through which it flows is surrounded by an?

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Insulator

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If there are no breaks in an electrical circuit, it is said to be be?

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Closed

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In a parallel circuit if one appliance it tuned off, what happens to the other appliances on the circuit?

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The other appliances will not be affected

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What is the major danger of a short circuit?

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To much current may over heart the electrical wires and cause a fire

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What affects the amount of current which flows through a circuit?

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The electromotive force which makes the current flow through a path.
The resistance to the flow of electrons through the path.

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What measures the flow of electric current through a circuit?

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Amperes

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What measures the resistance to the flow of electric current through a circuit?

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Ohms

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13
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What measures the electromotive force which makes the current flow through a circuit?

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Volts

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14
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What measures the power used by appliances?

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Watts

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Does a long, thin wire have grater resistance than a short m, think wire?

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Yes

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An increase in the resistance of a circuit reduces?

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The current flow

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17
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Does an increase in the voltage in a circuit reduce the current flow?

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No

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Does a 75 watt light bulb uses more power than a 40 watt light bulb

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Yes

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19
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Are both wet and dry cells change chemical energy into electrical energy?

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Yes.

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20
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the electrode that electrons move towards in a wet it dry cell is call the?

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Positive electrode

21
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In order for a dry cell to supply current, its inmates must be kept dry?

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When electric current flows through a wire, it creates a magnetic field around the wire.

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Does a generator changes electrical energy into a mechanical energy?

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Current which flows in one direction is called?
Direct current
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Does a generator produce direct current?
No
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Work is done when what kinda energy is changed into the energy of motion?
Potential.
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A child pulling a wagon down the street (is or is not) doing work.
Is.
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The push or pull which starts or stops motion is called?
Force
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Machines help make work easier by transferring or changing the direction of?
Force
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A machine can save?
Effort
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The ratio of useful work to the total work done by a machine is called?
Work load
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The efficiency of a machine is reduced by?
Friction
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A gasoline engine is more or less efficient than a turbine?
Less
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Bicycles are an example of what kinda machines?
Complex
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Solar energy (is or is not) difficult to store?
Is
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Water energy is harnessed by?
Turbines
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Do Internal combustion engines run on exploding gas?
Yes
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Under certain conditions, matter can be changed into energy, and energy changes In to?
Matter
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The nuclear reaction in which energy is released by the splitting of nuclei of heavy atoms is called?
fusion
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In atomic fission, crew chain reaction occurs because of?
fast moving neutrons
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Nuclear reactors currently obtain what energy from?
fission
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Fission is the nuclear reaction which uses the least expensive materials and produces the least amount of radioactive by- products?
False
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A centimeter is used to measure?
Length
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A kilogram is used to measure?
Weight
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The abbreviation g stands for?
Gram
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The abbreviation cm stands for?
Centimeter
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A liter a larger than a?
Milliliter
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A kilometer is larger than?
A meter & a millimeter
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A gram is smaller than?
Kilogram
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20 kilometers equals how many kilograms?
20,000
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6000 grams equals how many kilograms?
6