Physics Electrostatics

resistor, battery

A _____ is described as a device with specific resistance and is used to control current, whereas a _____ converts chemical energy to electrical energy.

voltmeter

A/An _____ is used to measure the voltage drop across a portion of a circuit.

zero

Ideally, the resistance of an ammeter should be:

series

If two resistors on a circuit split the total voltage, you have a

parallel

In order to read the voltage of the loads in a circuit, a voltmeter must be placed in

one

The number of current paths in a series circuit is:

ammeter

Which device measures the current in a circuit?

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short circuit

A/An _____ occurs when a very low resistance circuit is formed and can easily start a fire.

Resistance

_____ is described as a property that determines how much current will flow for a given battery voltage.

ammeter

A/An _____ is a device that is used to measure the current in any branch or part of a circuit.

parallel connection, series conneciton

A/An _____ is a type of electric circuit in which there are multiple paths, whereas a/an _____ is a type of electric circuit in which there is a single current path.

series connection

A/An _____ is a type of electric circuit in which there is a single current path.

kilowatt-hour

A/An _____ is an energy unit used to measure electric energy use by power companies.

electric circuit, electric current

A/An _____ is described as a closed loop or pathway that allows electric charges to flow, whereas a/an _____ is described as a flow of charged particles.

electric circuit

A/An _____ is described as a closed loop or pathway that allows electric charges to flow.

ground fault interrupter

A/An _____ is described as a device that detects current differences and then opens the circuit preventing electrocution.

voltmeter

A/An _____ is described as a device that is used to measure voltage drop across any part of a circuit

electric current

A/An _____ is described as a flow of charged particles.

ammeter

A/An _____ is described as a low resistance device connected in series that is used to measure current.

fuse

A/An _____ is described as a piece of metal that acts as a safety device in a circuit which melts and stops the flow of current.

voltage divider

A/An _____ is described as a series circuit that is used to produce a lower voltage from a higher voltage battery.

parallel circuit

A/An _____ is described as a type of circuit in which there are several current paths.

series circuit

A/An _____ is described as a type of circuit in which there is only a single current path.

circuit breaker

A/An _____ is described as an automatic switch that acts as a safeguard in an electric current.

conventional current

A/An _____ is described as the flow of positive charges that move from a higher to lower potential energy.

conventional current, electric current

A/An _____ is the flow of positive charges that move from higher to lower potential energy, whereas a/an _____ is described as a flow of charged particles.

circuit breaker

An automatic switch that opens when the current reaches a set value is called:

decreases

If a resistor is added to a parallel circuit, the equivalent resistance:

increases

If a resistor is added to a series circuit, the equivalent resistance:

parallel

If two resistors on a circuit split the total amperage, you have a

parallel

If unplugging one bulb from a circuit has no effect on the other bulbs in circuit, you have a

series

If you add bulbs to a circuit and the voltage decreases with each addition, then you have...

current

In a series circuit, each circuit element has the same:

series

In order to measure the current flowing through a circuit, and ammeter must be placed in

KCL

_ is the abbreviation for the law that describes current.

KVL

_ is the abbreviation for the law that describes voltage.

Resistance, resistor

_____ is a property that determines how much current will flow for a given source voltage, whereas a _____ is a device that controls the current in a circuit.

equivalent resistance

_____ is described as the sum of all the individual resistances in a series.

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kilowatt-hour

A _____ is equal to 1000 watts delivered continuously for 3,600 seconds

resistor

A ___________ is described as a device with specific resistance and is used to control current.

battery

A ____________ is described as a device that converts chemical energy to electric energy.

fuse

A short piece of metal that melts when a large current passes through it is a:

ampere

The flow of electric charge or current equal to one coulomb per second is a/an _____.