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Batteries, Circuits, & Transformers

This document provides information about batteries, circuits, and transformers. It explains that batteries produce electricity through a chemical reaction between two different metals in a solution, creating a negative and positive charge. Electricity travels in circuits and must have a complete path from the negative terminal of the battery to the positive terminal in order to flow. Common examples of circuits include light bulbs, where electricity powers the filament, and televisions, where electricity produces pictures and sound. Transformers are also mentioned as playing a role in how electricity is able to do work.

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Batteries, Circuits, & Transformers

This document provides information about batteries, circuits, and transformers. It explains that batteries produce electricity through a chemical reaction between two different metals in a solution, creating a negative and positive charge. Electricity travels in circuits and must have a complete path from the negative terminal of the battery to the positive terminal in order to flow. Common examples of circuits include light bulbs, where electricity powers the filament, and televisions, where electricity produces pictures and sound. Transformers are also mentioned as playing a role in how electricity is able to do work.

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Centro de Educacin Integrada de Adultos Curso: II Nivel TP Electricidad

Batteries, Circuits, & Transformers


Batteries Produce Electricity
A battery produces electricity using two different metals in a chemical solution. A chemical reaction between the metals and the chemicals frees more electrons in one metal than in the other. One end of the battery is attached to one of the metals; the other end is attached to the other metal. The end that frees more electrons develops a positive charge and the other end develops a negative charge. If a wire is attached from one end of the battery to the other, electrons flow through the wire to balance the electrical charge. A load is a device that does work or performs a job. If a load such as a light bulb is placed along the wire, the electricity can do work as it flows through the wire. Electrons flow from the negative end of the battery through the wire to the light bulb. The electricity flows through the wire in the light bulb and back to the positive end of the battery. Electricity Travels in Circuits Electricity travels in circuits. It must have a complete path before the electrons can move. If a circuit is open, the electrons cannot flow. When we flip on a light switch, we close a circuit. The electricity flows from an electric wire, through the light bulb, and back out another wire. When we flip the switch off, we open the circuit. No electricity flows to the light. When we turn a light switch on, electricity flows through a tiny wire in the bulb. The wire gets very hot. It makes the gas in the bulb glow. When the bulb burns out, the tiny wire has broken. The path through the bulb is gone. When we turn on the TV, electricity flows through wires inside the TV set, producing pictures and sound. Sometimes electricity runs motors in washers or mixers. Electricity does a lot of work for us many times each day.

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