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What is current?

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The rate of flow of charge.
(How many electrons (bits of charge) travel around a circuit in a given time)

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What is potential difference?

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The energy transferred to the electrons to make them travel around a circuit.
The push

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What is resistance?

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The opposition of a component to the flow of electric charge

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What end do electrons flow from?

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From the negative to the positive

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What is conventional current?

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When scientists thought the current of a circuit flowed from the positive to the negative poles of a battery

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What is ohms law?

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When the current flowing through a component is directly proportional to the potential difference across it
The temperature has to be constant

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What is the difference between a series and a parallel circuit?

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A series circuit has all components connected in one loop
A parallel circuit has more than one loop

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What is the IV graph for a filament lamp?

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A curve
As a potential difference increases more energy is transferred to the filament In the lamp. This causes particles to vibrate, increasing the resistance so the current does not flow as easily.

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What is the IV graph for a diode?

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Flat in One Direction, steep curve in the other
Diodes only allow current to pass through in One Direction

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What is the current rule in a series circuit?

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The current is the same at any point of the circuit

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What is the potential difference rule in a series circuit?

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Potential difference is split across each component
the potential difference of all the components is the same as the potential difference across the cell

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What is the resistance rule in a series circuit?

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Resistance is shared across each component

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What is the current rule in a parallel circuit?

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The current in the branches adds up to the total current leaving the cell

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what does a potential difference of 1 volt mean?

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1 Joule of energy is transferred for each Coulomb of charge moving through the circuit

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what is the potential difference rule for parallel circuits?

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the potential difference across each component is the same

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what is a battery?

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two or more cells connected together

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what is charge measured in?

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coulombs (C)

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what is charge flow?

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the total amount of charge that has flowed through a point in a circuit in a given time

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what is the formula for charge flow?

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Q = I x t

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what is the equation for energy transferred?

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E = Q x V

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what does resistance tell us?

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the potential difference required to drive a current through a component

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what is the formula for resistance?

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R = V / I

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what is the unit of resistance?

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the Ohm

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what is an ohmic conductor?

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where the potential difference is directly proportional to the current so the resistance is constant.

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what effects the resistance of a fixed resistor?
the temperature
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what are resistors used for?
to control the resistance across other components
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what is the pattern for a I / V graph of a filament lamp?
the current is not directly proportional to the potential difference. the curve is the same when the current is reversed as the V increases, the I does not increase as much so the resistance is increasing.
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why is the potential difference not directly proportional to the current with a filament lamp?
the filament gets hot which causes the resistance to increase
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why does an increase in temperature increase resistance?
an increase in temperature causes the atoms to vibrate. this means the electrons in the current collide more with the atoms. more energy is then needed to push the current through
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how does current flow through a diode?
in one direction only this is because the diode has a really high resistance in the reverse direction
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what does the arrow on the diode show?
the direction that the CONVENTIONAL current flows
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what does the current potential difference graph for a diode look like?
there is no current in the reverse direction in the forward direction, the current increases as the potential difference increases
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what are diodes useful for?
controlling the flow of current in circuits
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why are LEDs useful?
they are an energy efficient source of light
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what is the rule of resistance in series?
resistors in series add together this is because the current has to pass through the resistor in turn
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what is the resistance rule for resistors in parallel?
the total resistance of two resistors is less than the resistance of the smallest individual resistor
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why is the resistance rule of parallel circuits true?
there are more pathways for the current to take so more total current can flow through the circuit
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what are the characteristics of an LDR?
resistance is high when it is dark resistance is low in light
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what are the uses of an LDR?
controlling things to do with light e.g.: phone screens lamps
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what are the characteristics of a thermistor?
the resistance decreases if the temperature increases
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what are the applications of thermistors?
thermostats (devices to detect temperature) e.g.: cooling fan in computers incubator for premature babies
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in the experiment with resistance, how can the zero error be rectified?
subtract the zero error from all the readings
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what is a zero error?
a reading on an measuring instrument when the value should be zero
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what reduces heating effects when carrying out an experiment?
use a low potential difference - this keeps the current low only turn the current on when taking a reading
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what is a variable resistor used for in an investigation?
it is adjusted to get new readings of the ammeter and voltmeter
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why is the position of the battery switched around? (in an investigation)
to get negative readings on the ammeter and voltmeter
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why is an extra resistor added in the circuit when investigating a diode?
diodes get easily damaged by a high current the extra resistor will keep the current low to protect the diode
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why do you need a milliammeter when investigating a diode?
the current will be kept low to protect the diode. this means the ammeter needs to be sensitive
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why can insulators not conduct electricity?
electrons cannot move through them
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what happens when you rub two insulators together?
electrons are transferred from one insulator to another this causes the insulators to have equal opposite charges
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what happens if electrostatic charge builds up?
it can cause a spark
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which charges attract?
opposite charges attract
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what is a non-contact force?
where objects are exerting a force on one another but they are not touching
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which charges repel?
like charges repel
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how must field lines be draw?
perpendicular to the surface of the object
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what do the arrows on field lines show?
the direction of the force when a positively charged object comes nearby
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what happens if charged objects are brought closer together?
they experience a stronger force
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what is an electric field?
the area around a charged object that exerts a force on all other charged objects

GCSE AQA Physics 9-1 (17 decks)

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