Electric Current Introduction

What is electricity?

• Flow of atoms

• Resistor

• Insulator

• Flow of electric charge

Batteries and power plants are examples of ______________. 

• energy sources
• energy conduction
• energy transformation

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The unit for the rate of current is the ______________.

• ampere
• volt
• ohm
• joule

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The path of current in a circuit is always completed by _________________.

• a transformer
• an electrical device
• conducting wires

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__________________ is the continuous flow of electric charges through a material.

• Electric current
• Resistance
• Voltage
• Static Discharge

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Current is...

• moving protons
• moving electrons
• measured in volts
• measured in ohms

current is measured in....

• volts
• amps
• watts
• mph

Voltage is simply defined as...

• what 'pushes' electrons
• what 'stops' electrons
• moving electrons

In the U.S most electrical outlets supply a voltage of....

• 240 Volts
• 120 Volts
• 100 watts
• 60 amps

Resistance is...

• What "slows down" electrons
• What "speeds up" electrons
• Moving electrons
• What "pushes" electrons