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26 Cards in this Set
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What do you call a very small cirvuit with all the parts built into it. ?
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INTERGRATED CIRCUIT
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What uses a magnet to convert motion into electrical energy?
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generator
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The brain of the computer that tell other parts of computer what to do is called what?
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CPU OR CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
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Integrated circuits signal information by doing what?
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opening and closing electrical circuits in sequence
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A paste or liquid substance that conducts electricity is called ___?
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ELECTROLYE
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A continuous unbroken path is called ____?
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CIRCUIT
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What is the magnetic field?
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the area of magnetic force around a magnet
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What do we call a material through which electricity CANNOT FLOW?
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AN INSULATOR
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A ___ ____ has only one path for electricity to travel.
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series circuit
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A ______ is a conductor that can be moved to close or open the circuit.
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SWITCH
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A ____ is a material that allows electricity to flow easily?
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CONDUCTOR
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What has multiple paths for electricity to travel
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parallel circuit
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Name three things that are good insulators?
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PLASTICS, WOOD AND GLASS
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What reduces the flow of electricity?
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RESISTOR
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Any material that has the ability to attract iron is called?
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a magnet
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TO MEASURE HOW MUCH CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH A GIVEN PART OF A CIRCUIT IN ONE SECOND YOU WOULD USE WHAT MEASUREMENT?
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AMPRERE
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____ ____ discovered that adding a metal core to a coil of wire increased the magnetism.
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WILLIAM STURGEON
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What unit of measure is used to measure the amount of electrical push or force in a circuit?
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VOLT
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Who discover that current traveling through a wire produces a WEAK magnetic field in the live wire?
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HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED
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Name the two men who discoverd that moving a magnet around OR through a loop of wire produces electricity in the wire?
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JOSEPH HENRY, MICHAEL FARADAY
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What unit measures power or how fast work is done.
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WATT
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THE FILAMENT IN A LIGHT BULB is the example of _______.
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resistor
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A coil of wire with a cocre attached to an electrical source is called ______________ ?
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ELECTROMAGNETIC
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What is one way magnets and static electricity are similar?
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Both can attract and repel objects
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What is the difference between electrical devices and electronic devices?
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Electronic devices can communicate information, but electrical devices cannot.
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Describe one way magnetism produces electricity?
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moving a magnet around or through a loop of wire produces electricity in the wire. Moving a wire between the north and south poles of two magnets, also produces electricity in the wire.
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