DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
T/F: ALL ATOMS CONTAIN PROTONS AND ELECTRONS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>TRUE
T/F: PROTONS ARE ALWAYS IN THE CENTER OF THE ATOM - CORRECT ANSWER >>>TRUE
THE CENTER OF THE ATOM IS KNOW AS WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>NUCLEUS
T/F: ELECTRONS ORBIT AROUND THE NUCLEUS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>TRUE
PROTONS ARE ALWAYS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>POSITIVELY CHARGED
NEUTRONS ARE ALWAYS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>NUETRAL OR NO CHARGE
ELECTRONS ARE ALWAYS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>NEGATIVELY CHARGED
TWO IMPORTANT FACTORS TO UNDERSTANDING ATOMS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1.
OPPOSITE ATTRACT AND LIKE REPEL
2. FASTER AN OBJECT SPINS THE GREATER THE FORCE
OUTTER ORBIT OF AN ATOM IS CALLED - CORRECT ANSWER >>>VALENCE SHELL
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,3 OR FEWER ELECTRONS WILL RELEASE EASY IS KNOWN AS - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>CONDUCTOR
ATOMS LIKE COPPER CONTAIN HOW MANY VALENCE ELECTRONS TO BE THE BEST CONDUCTOR
-
CORRECT ANSWER >>>1 VALENCE ELECTRON
ATOMS THAT CONTAIN 5 OR MORE ELECTRONS IN THE VALENCE SHELL ARE KNOWN AS -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>INSULATORS
ATOMS CONTAINING 4 ELECTRONS IN THE VALENCE SHELL ARE KNOWN AS - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>SEMICONDUCTORS
T/F: CHEMICAL REACTION AND MAGNETISM ARE MORE COMMONLY USED TO PRODUCE LARGE
AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY FOR GENERAL USE - CORRECT ANSWER >>>TRUE
STATIC MEANS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>NOT MOVING, A CHARGE NOT A CURRENT
WHAT IS THE CORNER STONE OF ELECTRIC GENERATION - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>MAGNETISM
T/F: WITHOUT MAGNETISM ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>TRUE
CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH DC DOES NOT CHANGE UNLESS - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>SWITCHED ON OR OFF
QUANTITY MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRONS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>ONE COULOMB
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,THE FORCE CAUSING THE ELECTRONS OR CURRENT TO FLOW IS MEASURED IN - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>VOLTS
VOLTS IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>ELECTRICAL PRESSURE
RESISTANCE IS MEASURED IN UNITS CALLED - CORRECT ANSWER >>>OHMS
VOLTAGE AFFECTS MANY THINGS LIKE - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1. AMOUNT OF INSULATION
NEEDED
2.SEPARATION REQUIRED BETWEEN LINE CONDUCTORS
3.SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
4.TYPES OF TOOLS NEEDED
RATE OF 1 JOULE OF WORK IN 1 SECOND IS THE BASIC UNIT OF POWER AND IS CALLED -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>WATT
1 HP IS EQUIVALENT TO HOW MANY WATTS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>746
746 WATTS IS EQUIVALENT TO HOW MANY KILOWATTS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>0.746
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRENT, VOLTAGE, AND RESISTANCE WAS DESCRIBED IN A
FORM COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>OHM'S LAW
ON THE POWER WHEEL 'E' IS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>VOLTAGE
MEASURED IN VOLTS (V)
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, ON THE POWER WHEEL 'I' IS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>CURRENT
MEASURED IN AMPERES (A)
ON THE POWER WHEEL 'R' IS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>RESISTANCE
MEASURED IN OHMS
ON THE POWER WHEEL 'P' IS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>POWER
MEASURED IN WATTS (W)
POWER IS DEFINED AS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>THE RATE AT WHICH WORK IS DONE
ONE WATT IS DEFINED AS - CORRECT ANSWER >>>AMOUNT OF POWER PRODUCED WHEN ONE
VOLT CAUSES ONE AMPERE OR CURRENT TO FLOW
POSITIVE VOLTAGE CAUSES CURRENT TO FLOW IN WHICH DIRECTION - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>AWAY FROM THE GENERATING STATION
NEGATIVE VOLTAGE CAUSES CURRENT TO FLOW IN WHICH DIRECTION - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>FLOW TOWATRDS THE GENERATING STATION
THREE THINGS NEEDED TO PRODUCE ALTERNATING CURRENT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1.
CONDUCTOR
2.MAGNETIC FIELD
3. RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN THE TWO
POLARITY IS WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER >>>DIRECTION OF CURRENT FLOW BETWEEN POSITIVE
AND NEGATIVE VOLTAGE
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