Electricity II Study Sheet

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Date:__________

1. A ___ ____ consists of a zinc can, a ______ rod in the center of this can, and a chemical paste of _________ _________.

2. Potassium hydroxide is an __________.

3. When an element loses electrons, it is said to be ________.

4. When an element gains electrons, it is _______.

5. An __________ is a compound which has an electric charge.

6. In the dry cell, the electrolyte ________ the zinc and the electrolyte becomes _______.

7. Removed electrons collect at the ________ terminal.

8. Electrons return to the dry cell by way of the ________ terminal.

9. A single dry cell can generate _ . _ volts of electricity.

10. If several dry cells are put together, you have what is commonly known as a _______.

11. A two dry cell battery produces _ volts of electricity.

12. A three dry cell battery produces _ volts of electricity.

13. A ten dry cell battery would produce _ _ volts of electricity.

14. The dry cell is called an ______________ ____ because chemicals called ___________ oxidize zinc and become reduced to produce a flow of ________.

15. _________ __________ is today the most commonly used electrolyte.

16. Potassium hydroxide is a ____ or an ________ substance.

17. Another kind of electrochemical cell is the ___ cell.

18. The typical automobile battery is an example of a ______ of wet cells.

19. The wet cell has two different metal plates called ________ which are in a liquid called an electrolyte. The two metals are usually ____ and ____ _______.

20. The electrolyte in a wet cell is usually ________ ____ which is diluted in _____.

21. In a wet cell, the ________ ____ electrolyte oxidizes the ____ and reduces the ____ _______.

22. Each wet cell can produce _ volts of electric current.

23. A six volt car battery has _ wet cells, and a 12 volt car battery has _ wet cells.

24. Dry cells and wet cells produce only ______ _______ ( _ _ ).

25. In ______ _______, the electrons move only in one direction.

26. ___________ _______ ( _ _ ), has electrons which move back and forth in a regular, repeating cycle.

27. Household current in the U.S.A. is _ _.

28. Household current in the U.S.A. is _ _ cycles per second or

_ _ _____.

29. 60 hertz means that the electrons move ____ and _____ 60 times in a ______.

30. The advantage of A.C. over D.C. is that A.C. can be ___________ over longer distances with less ______ ____ than D.C.

31. A.C. can be ___________ up or down, and _ _ cannot.

32. ________ __________ convert electric current to heat, light and motion.

33. If you connect just one wire to an electric appliance it will ___ work.

34. In order for electrons to ____, electrons must have a ______ path to travel.

35. The path which electrons travel is called a _______.

36. An electric circuit consists of:

1.__________________________________________________________

2. ________

3. ______

4. ________

37. A _____ is the device that uses electrons, such as a _____ ____, _____, _________ ____, or _ _.

38. Wire is usually made of _____ or ________.

39. Wires must be made of substances which are ____ __________ of ________.

40. _______ means capable of being made into wires.

41. With a switch, the "on" position _______ the circuit.

42. With a switch, the "off" position ______ the circuit.

43. If all loads are connected one after another, the circuit is a ______ circuit.

44. The disadvantage of a ______ circuit is that if there is a break in any part of the circuit, the entire circuit is ____ and electrons cannot ____.

45. In the _______ _______, the different loads are on separate branches, so that there are _______ paths for electrons to take.

46. In the parallel circuit, a break in the circuit does not ____ the entire circuit.

47. All modern electrical wiring uses ________ _______.

48. The ____ is the part of the circuit which produces __________.

49. The SI unit for measuring resistance is the ___.

50. To protect against circuit overload, most electric circuits have either _____ or _______ ________.

51. A ____ has a thin strip of _____ through which the electric current flows.

52. If the resistance becomes too great, the heat causes the metal strip to ____. breaking the flow of electricity by _______ the circuit.

53. A more modern method to protect against circuit overload is the _______ _______.

54. _______ ________ have a switch which opens the circuit if resistance becomes too high.

55. Circuit breakers are preferred over fuses because they are ____ __ ____ and do not have to be ________ after each overload.

56. ____ ________ are more expensive than _____.

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