The Electrical Quantities

Electric current(definition) Electric potential difference (definition) Electrical resistance (definition)

Resistor(definition)

o Symbol of electric current  o Symbol of electrical potential difference o Symbol of electrical resistance 
Formula  Formula  Formula 

o Unit of measure: _______ symbol of the o Unit of measure:_____ symbol of

unit:______
o Definition  1 A = 1 C
1s
1A is a flow of ___ ____of charge past a
____ in a conductor in ___ ____.
o Instrument  ________- A - _____given off by ___ ___ of positive charge
connected in _____ in the circuit where we
want to measure the current.
o _______ _______- (DC) – current moves
in one direction ; ex. batteries
o ________ _________– (AC) – current
moves back and forth; ex. wall sockets – 60
Hz – overheads lights are blinking!
o ________ _______– positive charges move
from the positive terminal to the negative
terminal of the source of electric potential.
o Unit of measure:________ symbol of the unit: the unit:_____
________ o Definition  1 Ω = 1V
1A
o Definition  1 V = 1J 1 Ω is the electric resistance of a
1C conductor that has a current of __ __
The electric potential difference between two through it when the potential difference
points of an electric circuit is 1V if the amount of across it is ___ ____.
moving between those two points is __ __. o Instrument  _________- O -
connected in _____ without the
o Instrument  ________- V - connected ______
in ________ (difference needs two points) o The greater the resistance the
_________ the energy released by
o Loads cause __________ in potential the current as it passes.
o Battery (or source) causes ______ in
potential
Ohm’s Law
 V= IR
o _________ ________– negatively
charged electrons move from the negative State Ohm’s law:
terminal to the positive terminal of the
source of electric potential.

State KCL for series circuits: State KVL for series circuits:

State KCL for paralleled circuits State KVL for parallel circuits:

t
w
o

p
o
i
n
t
s
)