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18 Cards in this Set
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Negatively Charged Atoms
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gain of electrons
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Positively Charged Atoms
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gain of protons
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Like charges
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attract
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Unlike charges
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Repel
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Battery
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produces direct current
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Current in school buildings
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Alternating Current
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Friction
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way of transferring charges(walking across a carpet)
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Strength of an electic field
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depends on distance from charge and amount of charge
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Charges flow freely through
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a conductor (conductors conduct- like the conductor of an orchestra moves the music freely through his baton)
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Resitance factors
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Material thickness - material length - Material Temperature.
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Difference in electrical potential energy
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potential difference
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Potential Difference and Voltage Drop
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both are maintained across the terminals of battery
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OHM's law
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V= I x R
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Number of paths that can flow through Circut Diagram of Series Circut =
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ONE
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Circuts in home
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Parallel
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Watt
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Unit of electrical power
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Provide Electrical safety
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fuse and circut breaker and ground fault circut interruptor
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When ground-fault circut interruptor senses Unequal currents is
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SHUTS DOWN
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