TSA MIDDLE SCHOOL TECH BOWL QUESTIONS|2023/24 UPDATE|SOLVED|GRADED A+

Through what nuclear process does an atom bomb work? Nuclear Fission What is the range over which a picture is focused? Depth of Field What is the unit of electrical power? Watt What is a terminal device which permits current to flow in only one direction? Diode In 1911, Kammerlingh Onnes discovered what electrical device? Superconductor What is a charge in motion referred to as? Current What electrical item is calculated by the product of the resistance times the current squared. Power An intrinsic conductor is also known as what? Semiconductor Which Italian scientist developed the battery? Alessandro Volta What charges are at rest? Electrostatic DC and AC stand for what? Direct current and Alternating Current P-type semiconductors have an abundance of what kind of charge carriers? Positive Who forst discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism by deflecting a compass point with an electric current? Hans Christian Oersted What is a charged atom called? Ion An alternator generates what by rotating a loop of wire between the poles of a permanent magnet? Current In logic circuits, if one input is on and the other input is off, what is the result of an OR gate? On Who invented the transistor in 1948? Bell Laboratories What is the metal strip in a DC motor that picks up the current? Commutator What is the unit of measurement by which electrical bills are calculated? Kilowatt-Hour What is the process of adding impurities to a crystal? Doping Which scientist discovered electromagnetic induction? Michael Faraday