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What is current measured in?
Amps (A)
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What is the symbol for current in equations?
An italic capital I (with line on top and bottom!).
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What instrument measures current?
An ammeter
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Does current flow across or through a component?
Through!
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How is an ammeter fitted into a circuit?
It is placed in series with whatever component you wish to measure the current in.
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What does the size of the current in a circuit depend on?
How hard the supply tries to push charge through the circuit and how hard the circuit resists having charge pushed through it
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What is the symbol for current in equations?

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