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| Strength of an electrical field |
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| What makes a material magnetic? |
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| Materials that have an unpaired electron are magnetic |
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| Measurement of the rate at which energy is drawn from a source in order to produce a flow of electric charge in a circuit |
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| The flow of electric measured in amps |
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| An electric device that uses the useful electric charge from a circuit |
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| A component that stores electric charge, measured in Farads, how much charge is stored per volt of charging potential |
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| A measurement unit of electric resistance |
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| The same current flows through all components, ie Christmas Tree |
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| Same voltage exists across all parallel paths, though current is different |
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- P = V * I
- Measured in Watts
- Rate at which electrical energy is transffered by a circuit
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- A unit used to measure power
- One Watt = One Joule of energy per second
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| Refers to the movement of electric charge along a path between areas of high electric potential and areas of low electric potential |
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| Stops the flow of an electric charge through a circuit by creating a break in the path |
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- Hindrance to the flow of an electric charge
- Measured in OHms
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| A device made of semiconductor material that can amplify or switch an electric charge |
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| A material with conducitvity between an insulator and conductor |
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- Solid materials in which charge carriers, or electrons, are contained entirely within the material
- LED, LCDs
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