Electric Current and Potential Difference
Physics · JC 1 · Current of Electricity and D.C. Circuits · 4.º Período

Electric Current and Potential Difference

Introduction to the concepts of electric current, charge carriers, and potential difference. Students explore the microscopic mechanism of charge flow and electromotive force.

MOE Syllabus Outcomes8866 10.a (show an understanding that electric current is a flow of charge carriers)8866 10.c (define potential difference and the volt)

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Introduction to the concepts of electric current, charge carriers, and potential difference. Students explore the microscopic mechanism of charge flow and electromotive force.

Key Questions

  1. What is the relationship between electric charge and current?
  2. How is potential difference defined in terms of energy transfer?
  3. What is the difference between electromotive force (e.m.f.) and potential difference?

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