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MECH1310ReadingHomeworkChapter3

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 1. 

Ohms’ law describes ______________ how voltage, current, and resistance in a circuit are related.
 

 

 2. 

Ohm’s law states that current is directly proportionaly to voltage and ____________ proportional to resistance.
 

 

 3. 

In electronics, resistance values of thousands or millions of _______ are common.
 

 

 4. 

Energy is the ability to do work, and _______ is the rate at which energy is used.
 

 

 5. 

On watt is the amount of power when one _______ of energy is used in one second.
 

 

 6. 

In electrical utilities field, kilowatts (KW) and _________ (MW) are common units.
 

 

 7. 

Electric motors are commonly rated in __________ (hp) where 1 hp = 746 W.
 

 

 8. 

You use a kilowatt-hour of energy when you use the equivalent of _________ W of power for 1 h.
 

 

 9. 

When there is current through a resistance, the collisions of the electrons as they move through the resistance give off heat, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy to ___________ energy.
 

 

 10. 

The power rating is the maximum amount of power that a resistor can dissipate without being _________ by excessive heat build up.
 

 

 11. 

When the power dissipated in a resistor is greater than its rating, the resistor will become excessively hot.  As a result, the resistor may ______ open or its resistance value may be greatly altered.
 

 

 12. 

Utilities univerally have adopted ac for transmitting electricty from generating station to the user because it can be readily ___________ to high voltages for transmission and low voltages for the end user.
 

 

 13. 

Efficiency is the ratio of the output power co013-1.jpg, to the ________ power co013-2.jpg.
 

 

 14. 

The ___ rating determines the length of time a battery can deliver a certain amount of current at a rated voltage.
 

 

 15. 

Troubleshooting is the application of logical thinking combined with a thorough knowledge of circuit or system operation to correct a ____________.
 

 

 16. 

The basic approach to troubleshooting consists of three steps: analysis, planning, and __________.
 

 



 
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