Electrical Potential and Voltage Measurement Quiz
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The voltage difference between two bodies is called the potential difference (PD) and is measured in ______.

volts

Resistance is a property that opposes ______ flow.

current

Resistance is directly proportional to the length of any conductor and inversely proportional to its ______ area.

cross-sectional

The current in a circuit is inversely proportional to the ______ of the circuit.

<p>resistance</p> Signup and view all the answers

Heating a conductor to a temperature sufficiently high that it causes the conductor to give off electrons is called ______ emission.

<p>thermionic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Conduction of current in a vacuum is much more difficult to achieve because there are no gas molecules which can liberate free ______.

<p>electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

Electrons are emitted from a cathode by ______ emission (heating of conductor) and stream across to the plate (anode) because of electrostatic attraction.

<p>thermionic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Edison's bulb had a vacuum so the filament would glow without burning. Also, the space between the filament and plate was relatively small. The electrons emitted from the filament did not have far to go to reach the plate. Thus, the positive charge on the plate was able to attract the negative ______.

<p>electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

The key to this explanation is that the electrons were floating free of the hot filament. It probably would have taken hundreds of volts to move electrons across the space if they had to be forcibly pulled from a cold filament. Such an action would destroy the filament and the flow would cease. Edison’s application of thermionic emission in causing electrons to flow across the space between the filament and the plate has become known as the ______ effect.

<p>Edison</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metallic conductors contain many free electrons, which at any given instant are not bound to atoms. These free electrons are in continuous motion. The higher the temperature of the conductor, the more agitated the free electrons, and the faster they move. A temperature can be reached at which some of the free electrons become so agitated that they actually escape from the conductor. They 'boil' from the conductor's ______.

<p>surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

The process is similar to steam leaving the ______ of boiling water.

<p>surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

What will happen when an uncharged pith ball is brought near a positively charged rod?

<p>The pith ball will be negatively charged and attract the rod.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens once the rod and the pith ball exhibit like electrostatic charges?

<p>They repel each other due to electrostatic repulsion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the triboelectric series, how are materials ranked?

<p>According to their tendency to gain or lose electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is true about the behavior of a rubber object when charged?

<p>It is known as an electrical insulator and charge accumulations do not move easily across its surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can be predicted based on the position of materials in the triboelectric series?

<p>The amount of voltage produced when they are rubbed together</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when one part of a balloon is rubbed with wool?

<p>It becomes negatively charged.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between materials higher on the triboelectric series and the charge they acquire?

<p>They become positively charged</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who first discovered and wrote about the relationship between attracting or repelling charged bodies?

<p>Charles A. Coulomb</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the general term used to describe any atoms that are connected by chemical bonds?

<p>Covalent bonding</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of compound is made of atoms from different elements?

<p>Ionic compound</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of forces hold together compounds that can conduct a current?

<p>Electrostatic forces</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which compound is an example of matter in which all the molecules are identical but comprised of different atoms in exact proportions?

<p>Water (H2O)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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