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Electricity Unit 1
Measuring voltage in both series ...,
Measuring current in both series ...,
Measuring resistance in both seri...
3  cards
Graph rules
Independent variable usually goes,
Line graph used when
2  cards
Resistors
Maximum power rating of a resistor
1  cards
Uncertainties
Why must we take in to considerat...,
Systematic effects,
Random uncertainties
7  cards
Internal resistance
Internal resistance,
Terminal potential difference vtpd,
Lost volts
8  cards
Wheatstone Bridge Circuit
Wheatstone bridge circuit,
Balanced bridge,
Unbalanced bridge
5  cards
Capacitors
Equation for capacitance,
How does increasing the resistanc...,
How do charge and voltage compare...
8  cards
Semiconductors and PN junctions
Highest occupied energy band in m...,
In insulators energy band is,
Distance between valence band and...
8  cards
Polarity (Bias)
Explanation on only why one led w...
1  cards
Remember -
Decreasing acceleration,
Increasing acceleration,
Things to remember in equations
9  cards
Forces on charged particles
In a cathode ray tube what do cat...,
In a cathode ray tube what does y...,
What must charged particles be do...
5  cards
Star radiation graphs
Longer peak,
Higher peak,
Further left peak
5  cards
Big Bang theory
Why is it dark at night oblers pa...,
Evidence for big bang
2  cards
Mass of the universe and dark matter
Predicted vs visible mass of the ...,
What is the mass that isn t accou...,
Why is the expansion rate of the ...
3  cards
Never make same mistake twice
Greater mass between to objects r...,
Why can t anything in the univers...,
Why does reading on voltmeter dec...
5  cards
Tiny wee particles
Standard model,
Bohr model,
Order of magnitude
26  cards
Fundamental forces
Four types of fundamental forces,
How do these forces arise,
How do forces exist between fermions
8  cards
Nuclear energy
When referring to fission remembe...,
Spontaneous fission,
Induced fusion
6  cards
Diffraction and interference
Narrow gap causes amount of bendi...,
Wider gap causes amount of bendin...,
Shorter wavelength causes diffrac...
15  cards
White light spectra
Order and ranges of white light s...,
What deviates more red or blue,
Similarities and differences betw...
4  cards
Refraction of light
What stays constant when a wave i...,
Absolute refractive index equation n,
Refractive index definition
11  cards
Wave-particle duality
Idea of wave particle duality,
Photoelectric effect,
What wavelengths and frequency ca...
19  cards
Remember
Sunlight spectra obtained
1  cards
Mistakes on particles and waves
Right hand rule,
Does every particle have an antip...,
When stating scale reading uncert...
8  cards
Remember
Why can conduction band take plac...,
Effect of potential difference is...,
Most charge carriers are
11  cards

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