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ELECTRICITY

REVISION

• WHAT ARE ATOMS?


• BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER. MAKE UP EVERYTHING AROUND US.
• WHAT ARE THEY MADE UP OF?
• PROTONS, ELECTRONS, NEUTRONS
• WHAT CHARGE ARE EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS?
• PROTONS= POSITIVE, ELECTRONS= NEGATIVE, NEUTRONS= NO CHARGE
• WHICH PARTICLES ATTRACT AND WHICH REPEL?
• PROTONS AND ELECTRONS ATTRACT, LIKE CHARGES REPEL
SUCCESS CRITERIA

WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?

WHAT ARE CIRCUITS?

WHAT ARE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS?


WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?

• ELECTRICITY IS THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS, WHICH IS THE FLOW OF


NEGATIVE CHARGE.
• A METAL WIRE IS MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS. IF
AN ELECTRON BREAKS FREE FROM AN ATOM, IT IS ATTRACTED TO
OTHER ATOMS AROUND IT AND WILL ATTACH ITSELF TO A NEW ATOM.
• THIS MOTION OF ELECTRONS BREAKING FREE AND MOVING TO
ANOTHER ATOM CREATES A FLOW OF ELECTRONS. THIS
IS ELECTRICITY!
STATIC • STATIC ELECTRICITY IS CAUSED BY A
ELECTRICITY BUILD UP OF CHARGE, WHICH IS
RELEASED WHEN ELECTRONS ARE ABLE
TO FLOW INTO ANOTHER OBJECT.
CURRENT
ELECTRICITY
• CURRENT
ELECTRICITY IS THE
TYPE
OF ELECTRICITY THAT
POWERS OUR SOCIETY!

• THIS FORM
OF ELECTRICITY IS
CREATED WHEN THERE
IS A CONTINUOUS FLOW
OF ELECTRONS.
WHAT ARE CIRCUITS?
• A CIRCUIT IS A LOOP OF WIRE WHICH CONNECTS
AN ENERGY SOURCE TO AN ENERGY USER.

• THE ENERGY SOURCE IS USUALLY A BATTERY. HOWEVER,


IT COULD ALSO BE A GENERATOR.

• THE ENERGY USER IS AN OBJECT THAT NEEDS


THE ENERGY FROM THE ENERGY SOURCE
E.G. A TORCH IS A SIMPLE CIRCUIT.

• IN A TORCH, THE ENERGY SOURCE IS THE BATTERY AND THE ENERGY USER IS
THE LIGHT BULB.
The energy source provides the electrons with
the energy they need to flow around the circuit.

The electrons are already in the wire. The energy


source just pushes them around the circuit.
CIRCUITS
The energy user then transforms the energy into
a useful form.

For example, a light


bulb would transform the electrical energy of
the electrons into light energy.
CIRCUITS COMPONENTS
• WE REPRESENT CIRCUITS THROUGH CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS.

• WIRE=STRAIGHT LINE
• LIGHT BULB= CIRCLE WITH AN X THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

• RESISTOR= A RESISTOR IS AN OBJECT WHICH RESISTS THE FLOW OF


ELECTRONS.
IT CAN BE REPRESENTED BY EITHER A BOX OR A ZIGZAG LINE.
CIRCUITS
• BATTERY/ CELL= A CELL IS A TYPE OF ENERGY SOURCE./ A
BATTERY IS MADE OUT OF SEVERAL CELLS WHICH
ARE JOINED TOGETHER.

• SWITCH= WHEN A SWITCH IS CLOSED, IT


ALLOWS ELECTRONS TO FLOW ACROSS
IT. ELECTRONS ARE NOT ABLE TO FLOW ACROSS
AN OPEN SWITCH BECAUSE THE CIRCUIT IS BROKEN.
CIRCUITS

• A-METERS= MEASURE THE CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH


A CIRCUIT. REPRESENTED BY A CIRCLE WITH AN "A" IN
THE MIDDLE.
• VOLTMETERS= MEASURE THE VOLTAGE SUPPLIED TO A
CIRCUIT. VOLTMETERS ARE REPRESENTED BY
A CIRCLE WITH A "V" IN THE MIDDLE.
PRACTICE CONSTRUCTING CIRCUITS

• HTTPS://PHET.COLORADO.EDU/SIMS/HTML/CIRCUIT-CONSTRUCTION-KIT-DC/LATE
ST/CIRCUIT-CONSTRUCTION-KIT-DC_EN.HTML

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