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Blakes Cards for electricity test

Terms in this set (20)

Conductor
Object or material that allows electricity to flow through it
Insulator
Object or material that does not allow electricity to go through it
Static Electricity
Electrical charge that builds due to friction between two materials.
What causes Static Electricity
Static electricity is caused by electrons jumping from one atom to another atom
Proton
Tiny positively charged particles inside a atom
Neutron
Tiny particles found in the atom's nucleus
Atom
The smallest unit of an element
Closed Circuit
An unbroken path that allows electric currents to flow through it.
Current Electricity
Electricity that flows continuously through a conductor
What type of electricity powers machines and appliances?
Current Electricity powers machines and appliances
Parallel Circuit
Circuit in which electricity can follow two or more paths.
What is a galvanometer?
A device that measures the strength of an electric current.
Example of Conductor
Copper
Example of Insulator
Plastic
Difference between Proton and Electron
Proton is positively charged and Electron is Negatively Charged
Example of a temporary magnet
Electromagnet
What will happen if a string of light bulbs are wired in a parallel circuit, AND one bulb burns out?
The other light bulbs will still light up
Current Electricity comes from...
Outlets
Electric Circuit come from....
You
Series Circuit
A circuit in which the electric current follows a single path and connects two or more devies
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chemistry
Convert the following measurements. 4.37 cm to meters
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physics
A spy camera is said to be able to read the numbers on a car's license plate. If the numbers on the plate are $5.0 \mathrm{~cm}$ apart, and the spy satellite is at an altitude of $160 \mathrm{~km}$, what must be the diameter of the camera's aperture? (Assume light with a wavelength of $550 \mathrm{~nm}$.)
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biology
Explain the difference between self-pollination and cross-pollination.
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engineering
How do ultraviolet and infrared radiation differ? Do you think your body emits any radiation in the ultraviolet range? Explain.
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