Electrician Flashcards

14744814490	series circuit	An electric circuit with a single path	0
14744814491	Parallel circuit	Two or more paths that electricity can flow through, and there is a load connected to each path.	1
14744941907	Volt meter	a device used to measure voltage	2
14744941908	Ohmeter	Measures resistance	3
14744941909	Ammeter	A device used to measure current in a circuit	4
14744941910	Ampere	a unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second.	5
14744941911	Atom	Smallest particle of an element	6
14744941912	Battery	A DC voltage source consisting of two or more cells that convert chemical energy into electrical energy	7
14744941913	circuit	the complete path that an electric current travels along	8
14744941914	conductor	A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it.	9
14744941915	Coulomb	SI unit of electric charge	10
14756226290	current	the flow of electrons	11
14756226291	Electron	a negatively charged subatomic particle	12
14756226292	Insulator	A material that does not allow heat or electrons to move through it easily.	13
14756226293	Joule	A unit of work equal to one newton-meter	14
14756226294	kilo	thousand	15
14756226295	Matter	Anything that has mass and takes up space	16
14756226296	mega	one million	17
14756226297	Neutrons	Electrically neutral partical that has the same mass as a proton and is found in an atom's nucleus.	18
14756226298	ohm meter	the tool used to measure resistance	19
14756389982	Power	the rate at which work is done	20
14756389983	Protons	Positively charged particles	21
14756389984	Resistance	An electrical property that opposes the flow of current through a circuit	22
14756389985	Resistor	An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current	23
14756389986	schematic	relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols	24
14756389987	Solenoid	An electromagnetic coil used to control a mechanical device such as a valve.	25
14756389988	Transformer	A device that increases or decreases the voltage of alternating current	26
14756389989	valence shell	outermost electron shell	27
14756389990	Volt	unit for measuring voltage	28
14756389991	Voltage	Driving force which pushes current (Electrical Power)	29
14756389992	Voltage drop	a reduction of electrical energy by an electrical device as current passes through it	30
14756389993	Watt	SI unit of power	31
14757260405	Diac	A three layer diode designed for use as a trigger in AC power control circuits	32
14757260406	field-effect transistor	A transistor that controls the flow of current through it with an electric field	33
14757260407	forward bias	Exist when voltage is applied to a solid state device in such a way to allow the device to conduct easily	34
14757260408	Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)	A field effect transistor formed by combining layers of semiconductor material	35
14757260409	N-type material	Material created by doping a region of a crystal with atoms from an element that has more electrons in its outer shell than the crystal	36
14757260410	P-type material	A material created when a crystal is doped with atoms from an element that has fewer electrons in its outer shell than the natural crystal	37
14757320195	Rectifier	A device or circuit commonly used to change ac voltage into dc voltage or as a solid state switch	38
14757320196	reverse bias	A condition that exist when voltage is applied to a device in such a way that it causes the device to act as an insulator	39
14757320197	semiconductor	Neither a good insulator or good conductor	40
14757320198	Silicone controlled rectifier	A device used to convert ac voltage to dc voltage	41
14757320199	Triac	A three terminal device used to control the average current flow to a load.	42