Physics GCSE
Current versus energy transfer
What Current versus energy transfer means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Current versus energy transfer
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Reference: OCR
Components transfer energy to the surroundings without reducing the current, so it is energy, not charge, that is transferred.
Topics that use Current versus energy transfer
- Static and charge (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- attraction and repulsion
- Charge carriers and transfer of electrons
- charge flow
- Charge flow and current
- closed circuit
- conservation of charge
- Current
- electric field
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