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chapter 17 notes and vocab
Question | Answer |
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1. Law of electric charge | Like Charges repel and opposite charges attract |
2. Law of electric charge drawing | |
3. Electric Force | The Force between objects |
4. Electric field | A region around a charged particle that can exert a force on another charged particle |
5. 3 ways to “Charge It” p. 424 | Friction, Conduction, Induction |
6. Drawings for each of the 3 types | |
7. Conservation of Charge | No charges are created or destroyed. Electrons move from one atom to another. |
8. How can a charge be detected? | Using a device called an electroscope |
9. Drawing of # 7 | 7 |
10. Conductors | A material in which charges can move easily |
11. Examples of conductors | Copper, silver, aluminum, and mercury |
12. Insulators | A material in which charges cannot easily move |
13. Examples of insulators | Plastic, rubber, glass, wood, air |
14. Static Electricity | The buildup of electric charges of an object. |
15. Electrical discharge | The loss of static electricity as charges move off an object |
16. Lightning | One of the most dramatic examples of electric discharge |
17. Lightning diagram. 428 | |
18. Lightning Rods | A Pointed rod connected to the ground by a wire |
19. Grounded | Objects that are in contact with the ground. |
20. Dangerous places when it is lightning include | Open Areas, Beach, Golf Course, Under a tree |
21. Cell | A Device the produces an electric current by converting chemical energy into electrical energy |
22. Battery | Converts chemical energy into electrical energy and is made of severl cells |
23. Parts of a battery | electrolyte & electrode Electrolyte: The mixture of chemicals in a cell Electrode: Part of the cell through with charges enter and exit |
24. Types of Battery Cells | Wet Cells Dry Cells |
25. What is the relationship between potential difference & volts | Volts is how potential difference is expressed |
26. Photocells & examples | The part of a solar panel that converts light into electrical energy. Calculator |
27. Thermocouple | Converts thermal energy into electrical energy |
28. Drawing of thermocouple | |
29. Electrical current p. 433 | |
30. Two types of electrical current | Direct Current Alternating Current |
31. Direct Current & diagram | Charges always flow the same direction |
32. Alternating Current & diagram | Charges continually swich from flowing in one direction to flowing in the reverse direction |
33. Voltage | The difference in energy per unit charge as a charge moves between two points in the path of a current |
34. Resistance | the opposition to the flow of electric charge |
35. What is the relationship between resistance & current | Resistance effects how well electrical currents can move |
36. How thickness, length & temperature effect electrical current | A short, thick, cold pipe would have the least resistance |
37. What is Ohm’s Law? | |
38. Electrical Power Formula | |
39. Watt | |
40. How is household energy measured by the energy company | |
41.Circuit – a complete , closed path through which electric charges passes | |
42.Load – a device that uses electrical energy to do work | |
43. What do ALL loads do ? – offer some resistance to electrical energy to change into other forms of energy | |
44. Explain the relationship that a switch plays in “opening” or “closing” a circuit. – by opening the circuit it turns the light off but when it closes the light will be turned on | |
45.Series circuit | all parts are connected in a single loop |
46. How many paths are in a series circuit? | One circuit |
47. Draw an example of a series circuit in your notebook | |
48. Explain what happens if one load in a series circuit is malfunctioning. – than the other loads wont work | |
49. Parallel circuit – a circuit in which different loads are located on separate branches | |
50. Why is this circuit important in the wiring of the lights in a building ? – each bulb glows as bright as can be no matter what and you can easily change paths | |
51. Explain what happens if one load in the circuit is malfunctioning – they can function even if one of the loads are broken | |
52. Give an example of a parallel circuit in your house. – the lighting hooked up from room to room in my house | |
53. Using the last paragraph p. 444 and fig. 26, explain the causes and dangers of overloading a circuit – this can cause sparks and outages , and the sparks can even start a fire | |
54. Explain how a fuse and circuit breakers help with circuit safety in your house and automobile – circuit breakers can help you from blowing a fuse because when a circuit would get to hot it will automatically open it up. |