What is Electricity? Presentation

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HS-PS1-8, MS-PS2-3, MS-PS3-4

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Sara Alattar

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What is Electricity? Presentation

Electricity is all around us:

Powering technology:

•Cell phones

•Computers

•Lights

•Heaters

•Air conditioners

Nature:

lightning in a thunderstorm

Electricity is defined as the flow of electric charge

Multiple Choice

Protons have________

Negative charge

Positive charge

No Charge

Multiple Choice

Atom's Nucleus is made of ______

Protons and neutrons

Protons and electrons

Protons, neutrons and electrons

Multiple Choice

charges of the same type ________ each other

attract

repel

Electric Potential Energy

A charge’s electric potential energy describes how much stored energy it has

What is electric potential energy?

Electric potential energy is the energy that is needed to move a charge against an electric field.

You need more energy to move a charge further in the electric field, but also more energy to move it through a stronger electric field.

Think of it as changing KE to PE and vice versa

Follow the link to see how Electric charges interact

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/charges-and-fields/latest/charges-and-fields_en.html

Direction of positive and negative charges forces in an electric field

Positive

Direction of positive and negative charges forces in an electric field

Negative

Multiple Choice

Materials that allow electrons to flow through them easily are called___________

conductors

simiconductors

Insulators

Multiple Choice

Wood is an example for________

conductors

simiconductors

Insulators

Multiple Choice

Copper is an example for ___________

conductors

semiconductors

insulators

Multiple Choice

Insulators are _________

Materials that allow electrons to flow through them easily

Materials that do not allow electrons to flow through them easily are called

Materials that have an electrical conductivity that increases with temperature

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