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Why do only the outer electrons leave their orbit shells? - correct answer✔✔Only outer
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electrons leave their orbit shells, because electrons furthest from the nuclear us are more
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easily freed from their orbits due to a weaker electrostatic force
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What is required to have a balanced atom? - correct answer✔✔The number of electrons
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must equal the number of protons to have a balanced atom
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List the capacity for each of the first for orbital shells of an atom - correct answer✔✔Shell
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1=2 electrons, shell 2= 8 electrons, shell 3= 18 electrons, and shell 4 is 32 electrons
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What is the maximum electron capacity of a valance shell? - correct answer✔✔The valence
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shell can hold a maximum of eight electrons
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Electrons in orbit nearest the nuclear us contain———-energy than those in more distant ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




orbits. - correct answer✔✔Electrons in orbit nearest the Nicolas contain less energy than
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those in more distant orbits ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What happens to a valance electron that has enough energy added to it? - correct
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answer✔✔A valence electron that has enough energy added to it, moves away from its ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Atom



What is the major factor that determines the category of a particular element? - correct
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answer✔✔The number of electrons in the valance shell of determines the element ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




category

,How many valence electrons are there in a good conductor? - correct answer✔✔Good
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conductor has only one or two valence electrons ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




List, gold, silver, and copper in the order of the best connectivity - correct answer✔✔Silver,
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copper, gold
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Why do metals that each have only one valence electron differ in their conductivity -
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correct answer✔✔Metals that each have one valance electron differ in their conductivity,
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because of the way their atoms pack together into a solid structure ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Describe the two characteristics of an insulator - correct answer✔✔The two characteristics ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




of an insulator are its valence Shell is almost filled and tends to be fairly stable and two it,
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tries to finish, filling its valance shell by capturing additional free electrons.
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How many valence electrons are in a semiconductor - correct answer✔✔A semiconductor
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has four valence electrons.
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Name of the two types of electron current flow - correct answer✔✔Random drift and
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directed. Flow are the two types of electron current flow. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What causes electrons to be knocked loose and travel randomly from one atom to another -
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correct answer✔✔The movement of atoms in materials that are conductors and the
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agitation as they collide cause electrons to be knocked loose and travel randomly from one ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




atom to another ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What can force electrons to all move in the same direction? - correct answer✔✔Applying a
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negative charge to one end of the wire in a positive charge to the other can force electrons
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to all move in the same direction
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,What actually produces electric current? - correct answer✔✔The transfer of energy from
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valence electron to valance electron as a result of applied charges is what actually produces
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electric current
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How does the speed of electric current compared to that of electron travel? - correct
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answer✔✔The affective speed of electric current is 186, 00 0 mi./s is much faster than the ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




actual speed of electron travel ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What is the basic measurement unit of electron current? - correct answer✔✔The ampere is
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the basic measurement unit for electron current
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Define electromotive force (EMF) - correct answer✔✔EMF is the electrical force that
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motivates electrons to move in a wire ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What does the term potential difference mean? - correct answer✔✔Potential difference is
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the algebraic difference between the electrical individual potential's of two points
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What is the potential difference between two negative charges of equal value - correct
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answer✔✔The potential difference between two negative charges of equal value of zero. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




There is no potential difference. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What is the unit used to indicate the strength or size of the potential difference? - correct
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answer✔✔The vault is the unit used to indicate the strength or size of the potential ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




difference



Define a volt in terms of current and resistance. - correct answer✔✔1 V is the amount of
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force required to produce a current of one amp through a resistance of one ohm
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What are three alternate ways to Express five and 3MA - correct answer✔✔5 microvolts,
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5/1000000 volts or 0.00005 V, and three Milla amps. 3/1000 amps or 0.003 A ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

, What are two alternate ways to express 2 megavolt? - correct answer✔✔2MV or 2 million
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volts



What are two alternate ways to express for kilovolts? - correct answer✔✔4kv or 4000 volts
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Which orbital shell has a maximum electron capacity of 18 electrons - correct
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answer✔✔The third shell ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Why are semiconductor material is not good conductors nor good insulators - correct
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answer✔✔The valance shells are only half filled ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Which of the following best describes a conductor - correct answer✔✔Elements that have
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a small number of electrons in the Valence shell
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between an amp and a coulomb -
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correct answer✔✔The number of amps is equivalent to the number of coulombs passing a
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given point during one second ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




How is electric current produced? - correct answer✔✔From the transfer of energy from
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valance electron to valance electron because of applied charges ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




What prevents the electrons that orbit an atoms nucleus at high speeds from breaking
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away from the nucleolus do to centrifugal force - correct answer✔✔The attraction between
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the positive nucleus in the negative electron
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What is 5kV equivalent to - correct answer✔✔5000 v ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

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