Homework in EE104 - B06

Submitted by: Nikko San C. Quimio

 1. VOLTAGE

Voltage, sometimes associated with EMF or electromotive force is the potential energy that has
an electric field that does work on a charge. EMF on the other hand, acts as the water pump if the whole
setup is to analogously compared to that of the water fountain that enables the charges to move from a
low potential(basin) to a higher potential(top of fountain) in the form of gravitational energy with respect
to its distance. It is defined as a product of Current and Resistance. It is always the measure of the
potential difference between two points in the circuit and is measured by using the voltmeter with an
infinitely large resistance in it.

The sources of EMF are from batteries, generators, chemical reactions, solar energy and etc. In
circuits, the total voltage is equal to the summation of all the individual elements/voltages in the circuit.
This means to say that there are potential drops along its way while in parallel circuits, the voltage across
all branches is the same for each branch.

2. CURRENT

Current is any motion of charge from one region to another. It is also defined as the amount of
electricity in the area or cross-sectional area. In analogy to the water fountain setup, it is the water that is
being pumped through the holes and being slowed down by the narrowness of each hole and by the pull
of the gravity that acts like the resistance if we're talking about the electrical part.

Circuit-wise, it is consistent throughout the series circuit because of the reason that the electricity
flows through each appliances/electrical elements in succession and also because each of these elements
are connected end-to-end with each other. On the other hand, total current is equal to the summation of
each current in each branch of the parallel circuit.

It is not also a vector since its direction is directed along the length of the wire regardless if the
wire is straight or curved. No single vector could describe the motion of current in a curved path so the
most conventional way of describing its path is through assessing it if it is clockwise or counterclockwise.

3. VOLTS

Volt/s is the SI unit for Voltage and is a commemoration for the inventor Alessandro Volta. Its SI
unit is also the same for the potential, (1 V = 1 J/C).

4. AMPERES

Amperes is the SI unit for the Current and is defined as (1 A = 1 C/s). This unit is to give honor to
the French Scientist Andre Marie Ampere.