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Electronics

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. The unit of measurement of electric resistance.






7. The path along which electrons travel around the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






11. Energy that exists because of position.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Energy that exists because of movement.






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






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






19. Electrons in the outer orbit of an atom.






20. The unit of measurement of electric power.






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






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






23. Light Emitting Diode






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






25. 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.






26. The transforming or transferring of energy.






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






28. 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.






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






30. The rate at which work is done.






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






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






33. A positively charged atom






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






35. Alternating Current






36. The capacity to do work.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Current flows in one direction only.






43. An object which resists the flow of electricity.






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






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






46. 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).






47. A neutrally charged atom






48. A material that allows electric current to flow through it easily.






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






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