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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
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| Score | 0% | 79% |
One of the lights on your Christmas tree burns out and this causes the rest of the lights connected to that strand to go dark. How are the lights in that strand connected?
parallel |
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series-parallel |
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perpendicular |
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series |
Lights connected in series form a chain with each light connecting to adjacent lights via one wire. Therefore, if one of the lights burns out and breaks the series, none of the other lights will receive power and they'll go dark. Lights connected in parallel each connect to the positive and negative nodes of the power source and would not go dark if one of their neighbors burnt out.
Which of the following statements about a capacitor is false?
you should always discharge any capacitors before working on an electronic circuit |
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to discharge a capacitor safely, use a high-wattage resistor comparable to the capacitance of the capacitor |
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it is safe to touch a capacitor with your hands as long as it is small |
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a capacitor remains charged even after the input voltage is removed |
The purpose of a capacitor is to retain electric charge and it will do so even after its input voltage is removed. After the input voltage is removed, the capacitor will slowly discharge but, depending on the size and characteristics of the capacitor, discharging could take from a few minutes to a few years. So, it's never safe to touch a capacitor with your hands and you should make sure to discharge any capacitors in a circuit before working on it using an appropriately high-wattage resistor or a capacitor discharge tool.
The conductivity of an element depends on how many electrons occupy which electron shell?
first |
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outer |
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middle |
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inner |
All electricity is the movement of electrons which are subatomic particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom. Electrons occupy various energy levels called shells and how well an element enables the flow of electrons depends on how many electrons occupy its outer (valence) electron shell.
The volt is a unit of measurement for:
capacitance |
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current |
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voltage |
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power |
Voltage (V) is the electrical potential difference between two points. Electrons will flow as current from areas of high potential (concentration of electrons) to areas of low potential. Voltage and current are directly proportional in that the higher the voltage applied to a conductor the higher the current that will result.
| 445.5 V | |
| 405 V | |
| 408 V | |
| 396 V |
Ohm's law specifies the relationship between voltage (V), current (I), and resistance (R) in an electrical circuit: V = IR.
V = \( I \times R \) = \( 4.5 \times 90 \) = 405 V