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What is the opposition to current flow known as?
Which substance has little resistance to electricity?
What is a conductive connection to the earth that acts as a protective measure called?
What is often used to convert power in electric circuits to light, thermal, or mechanical energy?
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How can electrical power be expressed in terms of current and voltage?
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What is the measure of electrical force known as?
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In the equation P=E/T, what does E represent?
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What unit is used to measure power?
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What is the fundamental ability to do work called?
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Which field requires an understanding of core areas including mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics, materials sciences, structural analysis, and electricity?
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What did Al-Jazari write in 1206 that made a remarkable contribution to the field of mechanical technology?
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Which unit of measurement is used for electrical force?
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What did Thang Hang invent in China?
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What did Archimedes influence in the Western tradition?
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What did Muslim inventors make remarkable contributions to during the Islamic Golden Age (7th to 15th C)?
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In which century did mechanical engineering emerge as a field during the industrial revolution in Europe?
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What is the unit of measurement for power?
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What is the fundamental ability to do work?
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Which unit is used to measure electrical force or pressure that causes the flow of electrical current?
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What type of instrument is used to measure voltage?
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Which field requires an understanding of core areas including mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and materials sciences?
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What branch of engineering involves the design, production, and operation of machinery?
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In which ancient society did the work of Archimedes influence mechanics?
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Who wrote the famous book of knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices in 1206 during the Islamic Golden Age?
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Which field does mechanical engineering overlap with?
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Who improved a water clock and invented a Seismometer (seismometer) in China?
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