Answers.
Current - Answer Electrical charge in motion, represented by (i)
2 Definitions for Current? - Answer 1) Movement of electrons (Electron Flow)
2) Movement of positive charges (Conventional Current Flow)
DC Current - Answer flows in one direction only
AC Current - Answer Alternating current; electrons flow first in one direction and then in the
other
Units of Electrical Current - Answer Amperes (Coloumb/ Second)
Units of Electrical Charge - Answer Coloumb
Voltage definition - Answer The energy required to move a charge. Symbol (V), measured in
regards to other locations.
Units of Voltage - Answer Joules/Coloumb (Electrical Pressure)
How is Voltage Measured? - Answer It's measured in regards to electrical ground.
source - Answer provides energy
load - Answer consumes energy for some purpose
Ideal wire - Answer conducts electric charge without any loss of PE
nodes - Answer one or more ideal wires connected together every point on a node has same
electric potential
- reference node usually ground
branch - Answer -single elctrical pathway
-consist of wires and elements