Combined Science GCSE
Electric charge and current
What Electric charge and current means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Electric charge and current
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Current is the rate of flow of electric charge, measured in amperes, and one ampere means one coulomb of charge passing a point each second.
Topics that use Electric charge and current
- Electrical charge and current (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Charge flow
- Conservation of charge
- Coulomb
- Current
- Measurement of current with an ammeter
- Measurement with ammeters
- Rearranging equations
- Series and parallel circuit behaviour
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