Electric current is a flow of charge

Review!

What is ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ENERGY? ______

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Electrical potential energy is measured in ______

If particles close to each other have the same charge, there is stored energy because ______

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A charge will NOT move ______

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There must be a DIFFERENCE in ______

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The greater the potential difference, ______

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When an electrical charge moves from a higher potential to a lower potential, ______

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Resistance depends on:

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What is electric current (I)? ______

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Electric current obeys the same rules as moving static charges:

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The difference between moving static charges and current: ______.

What is an ampere (amp) (A)? ______

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Relationship between current, voltage and resistance.

The current in a wire is determined by ______.

______is another word for ______

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You can think of ______as the pressure pushing the ______.

Remember, the ______the ______, the ______the ______.

Resistance is ______

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Resistance is expressed in ______.

You can think of resistance as ______.

The higher the resistance, the ______the current.

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What is an electric cell? ______

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Technically, a battery is two or more cells connected to each other, but some single cells (such as C cells and D cells) are often called batteries.

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Primary CellsStorage Cells

Solar cells:

Ohm’s Law Calculations. For each of the following, write the equation, show your work, include units, and circle your final answer.

1.A walkman uses a standard 1.5 V battery. How much resistance is in the circuit if it uses a current of 0.01 A?

2. What current flows through a hair dryer plugged into a 110 Volt circuit if it has a resistance of 25 ohms?

3. A 12 Volt car battery pushes charge through the headlight circuit resistance of 10 ohms. How much current is passing through the circuit?

4. An electric heater works by passing a current of 100 A though a coiled metal wire, making it red hot. If the resistance of the wire is 1.1 ohms, what voltage must be applied to it?

5. A subwoofer needs a household voltage of 110 V to push a current of 5.5 A through its coil (circuit).

What is the resistance of the subwoofer?

6. A light bulb has a resistance of 5 ohms and a maximum current of 10 A. How much voltage can be applied before the bulb will break?

7. How much current is in a circuit that includes a 9-volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms?

9. How much current is in a circuit that includes a 9-volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 12 ohms?

10. A circuit contains a 1.5 volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms. Calculate the current.

11. A circuit contains two 1.5 volt batteries and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms. Calculate the current. (Hint: add the battery voltage)3.

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12. What is the voltage of a circuit with 15 amps of current and toaster with 8 ohms of resistance?

13. A light bulb has a resistance of 4 ohms and a current of 2 A. What is the voltage across the bulb?

14. How much voltage would be necessary to generate 10 amps of current in a circuit that has 5 ohms of resistance?

15. How many ohms of resistance must be present in a circuit that has 120 volts and a current of 10 amps?