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| Applies to the force of attraction and repulsion. |
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| All magnets have a north and south pole that attract their opposite and repel their similar pole. |
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| exist whenever electric charges are moving. |
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| when moving charges are in a wire that loops a tourque results. |
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| is a device that converts mechanical energy, such as water coming down a waterfall, into electric energy. |
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| Electrical potential energy |
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| can be compared to the gravitational force associated with an objects position, and is associated with the potential interaction of two objects' charges. |
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| refers to the change in electrical potential energy. |
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| the device that changes potential differnce of electricity. |
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| is a measure of the electrical energy available, another term for potential differnce |
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| is a device that measures the potential difference between two points in an electric circuit. |
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| electricity moving through a circuit |
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| is the unit used to measure electrical current. |
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| The way by which the ability to flow through a circuit is limited to a |
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| has all its resistors in a row so that all current must travel through all resistors. |
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| has all resistors at the same voltage |
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| is a device that measures the current going through any specific point on the circuit. |
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| Electrical power is expresssed as: |
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