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Direct Current BASIC TERMS
Question | Answer |
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Unit of measurement used to express the flow of electrons. | Ampere |
What is the the rate of flow of one coulomb per second. | 6.28 Billion |
In a mathematic problem amperage is express by the letter | I |
A device consisting of a number of primary voltaic cells | Battery |
What device stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form | Battery |
What is the general storage rating for an aircraft battery | 12 or 24 Volts |
An Electrical component used to store electrical energy in the form of an electrostatic field. | Capacitor |
A device that is made of two parallel conductors separated by an insulator | Capacitor |
A Basic unit of electrical quantity | Coulomb |
What electrical quantity is equal to 6.28 billion electrons | Coulomb |
What is the flow of electrons through a conductor . | Current |
What rate of flow is measured in amperes. | Current |
What type of current flows in one direction throughout a circuit with a constant voltage. | Direct Current |
What is caused by a constant difference of both negative and positive potential. | Direct Current |
Negatively charged subatomic particles that travel around a nucleus. | Electron |
What is the speed of light | 186,000 miles / second |
What is involved in the conduction of electricity | Electrons |
What is the force that causes electrons to flow through a conductor. | Electromotive Force |
E.M.F | Electromotive Force |
What is the unit of measurement for electromotive force. | Volt |
What letter in voltage expressed as in a mathematical problem. | E |
What is the basic unit of capacitance | Farad |
What is the basic unit of measurement for induction of an electrical coil. | Henry |
In a mathematical problem induction is expressed by what Letter | L |
What is a coil or other device used to introduce inductance into a circuit. | Inductor |
An inductor consist of multiple coils of | Wire |
A material or device that prevents the passage of heat , electricity, or sound form one medium to another | Insulator |
Electrical generators are referred to as | Left-hand Rule |
This rule is used to determine the direction of movement of a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field | Left-hand Rule |
The measure of ease that lines of flux travel through a material | Magnetic permeability |
The ability of a magnet to attract certain materials that contain iron and influences electrons | Magnetism |
What is the principal wat to effectively produce ac electricity | Magnetism |
A Measurements relating or using the metric system of measurement | Metric prefixes |
Neutral subatomic particles that exist withing the nucleus of all atoms | Neutron |
What subatomic particles are not involved in the conduction of electricity | Neutron |
Unit of electrical opposition the the flow of current | Ohm |
" The amount of current flowing in a circuit is directly proportional to the circuit voltage and inversely proportional to the circuit resistance" | Ohms Law |
One volt causes one ampere to flow though a resistance of one ohm | Ohms Law |
Positively charged subatomic particles that exist with the nucleus of all atoms | Protons |
What subatomic particles are not involved in the conduction of electricity | Protons |
Electrical characteristics of a conductor | Resistance |
Opposition that a substance presents to the flow of electricity | Resistance |
What is the force that opposes or slows down another force, drops voltage and consumes power. | Resistance |
Resistance is measured in. | Ohms |
In a mathematical problem ohms of resistance is expressed with the letter | R |
A number between 1 and 10 multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power. | Scientific Notation |
An electrical charge that may build up on non conductive surface by friction | Static Electricity |
What serves no real purpose | Static Electricity |
Basic unit of electrical pressure | Volt |
the amount of force required to cause on amp of current to flow through on ohm of resistance | Volt |
What is often expressed as voltage, voltage drop, potential difference, EFR or IR drop | Volt |
Basic unit of power that is the product of voltage multiplied by current | Watts |
Maximum amount of DC voltage that can be safely applied across a capacitor | Working Voltage |