Sunday, February 9, 2014

What is Electricity?

Electricity

Electricity: a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons and protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current. 
Example: 
Importance of Electricity: Electricity is essential the energy that runs the earth. From the wheels that turn in our brains to the energy needed to run the lives we leave today. 
Electrical Current: Electrical Current is the flow of electric charges, usually carried by moving electrons in a wire. 

The picture above (and yes i did get it from the internet...sorry Mr. Blake) is multiple examples of current in different situations. 
Electrical Resistance: is an electric quantity that measures how the device or material reduces the electric current flow through it. The equation is R= p x l/A (Resistance = the resistivity x the length of the conductor / the cross sectional area of the conductor). Units are ohms.  

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