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Electronics

Subject : engineering
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1. A material that allows electric current to flow through it easily.






2. Current flows in one direction only.






3. Electrons in the outer orbit of an atom.






4. A charge on a material that is said to be either positive or negative.






5. The movement of electric charge; the flow of electrons through an electric circuit.






6. An object which resists the flow of electricity.






7. Energy that exists because of movement.






8. Electric force - or pressure - that causes current to flow in a circuit.






9. The unit of electric charge - which is the basic unit of measurement for current flow in an electric circuit.






10. A circuit that forms a complete path so that electric current can flow through it.






11. The difference of electrical potential between to points on a circuit






12. Something that can turn on or off the flow of electricty.






13. The part of an electric system through which electrons travel from a source to a load - such as the electric wiring used in a building.






14. The part of an electric system that supplies energy to other parts of the system - such as a battery that supplies energy for a flashlight.






15. Alternating Current






16. An atomic particle said to have a negative (-) electric charge; electrons are the means by which the transfer of electric energy takes place.






17. The space around a charged material in which the influence of the electric charge is experienced.






18. The smallest particle to which an element can be reduced and still retain its characteristics.






19. The part of an electric system that affects what the system does; a switch to turn on and turn off a light is a type of control.






20. The transforming or transferring of energy.






21. (R) The opposition to the flow of electric current in a circuit; its unit of measurement is the ohm (O).






22. A positively charged atom






23. Energy that exists because of position.






24. Current periodically reverses direction






25. The part of an electric system that shows whether the system is on or off or that a specific quantity is present.






26. The method by which loosely held atoms are bound together in metals.






27. A material that has a value of electric resistance between that of a conductor and an insulator and is used to manufacture solid- state devices such as diodes and transistors.






28. The capacity to do work.






29. A circuit that forms a direct path across a voltage source (with little or no resistance) so that a very high and possibly unsafe electric current flows.






30. A device that stores energy between a pair of conductors






31. The part of an electric system that converts electric energy into another form of energy - such as an electric motor that converts electric energy into mechanical energy.






32. Areas through which electrons move; designated as s - p - d - and f.






33. Electrons located in the outer orbit of an atom that are easily removed and result in flow of electric current.






34. Resistors are objects that resist flow. If a light bulb gets to much electricty it can burn out. In other terms - NOT GOOD!!






35. The unit of measurement of electric potential.






36. Do Opposites attract or move away from each other?






37. Current flow assumed to be in the direction of electron movement from a negative (-) potential to a positive (+) potential.






38. The pressure - or force - that causes electric current to flow.






39. A circuit that has a broken path so that no electric current can flow through it. A circuit with infinite resistance.






40. The basic materials that make up all other materials; they exist by themselves (such as copper - hydrogen - carbon) or in combination with other elements (water is a combination of the elements hydrogen and oxygen).






41. A material that offers a high resistance to electric current flow.






42. The rate at which work is done.






43. Current flow assumed to be in a direction from high charge concentration (+) to low charge concentration (-).






44. An atom that does not release electrons under normal conditions.






45. Electricity at rest caused by accumulation of either positive or negative electric charge.






46. V= IR or Voltage is equal to current times resistance






47. The unit of measurement of electric resistance.






48. A neutrally charged atom






49. Light Emitting Diode






50. A unit of electric charge that represents a large number of electrons. ~ 6.28 x 1018 electrons