UNIT 6 ELECTRICITY
WE HAVE AN OBJECT, A MATERIAL…
WE USE A MICROSCOPE…
WE CAN SEE…
IF WE COULD SEE A SMALLER PART…
Electrons are responsible of electricity!!!!! HOW???
1. ELECTRICITY Electric charge is a property of all objects and is responsible for electrical phenomena.
These phenomena are caused by the electrical forces of attraction and repulsion
ATTRACTION John Mary
REPULSION Peter Celia
REPULSION ATRACTION Two objects with the same charge repel each other. Two objects with different charge atract each other
TWO POSSIBILITIES a)-STATIC ELECTRICITY b)-ELECTRIC CURRENT
a)-STATIC ELECTRICITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1c61Q7qU-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEFuCxD7BE
b)Electric current Electric current is a continuous movement of electrons
Materials that allow electric current to pass through them. CONDUCTORS Materials that allow electric current to pass through them. Copper, Silver, Aluminum
Materials that don’t allow electric current to pass through them. INSULATORS Materials that don’t allow electric current to pass through them. Plastic, Ceramic, Wood
What produces an electric current? IMBALANCE: There must be an imbalance between two points of a conductor
1.1. ELECTRIC CIRCUITS An electric circuit is a set of connected components through which an electric current circulates.
1 -something to move electrons A generator
2 -something to transform electrical energy:A bulb, a motor, a bell… A receptor A receptor transform electrical energy into another type of energy
3 -conductor A wire…
4 –control and protection components… A switch, a push button… Control component: stop, start or change the direction of the electric current Protection component:stops the current when it´s too strong.
SYMBOLS Bulb Switch Push switch Battery Motor
1.2. Effects of electric current
a) Heat Electrons crash into the atoms and part of the energy is transformed into heat
b) Light When the temperature of an object increases a lot, light begins to appear.
c) Motion Motors transform electrical energy into motion.
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2. ELECTRIC QUANTITIES CHARGE (Q) COULOMBS It’s the amount of electricity stored in an object
ELECTRIC QUANTITIES VOLTAGE (V) It’s the difference between the electrical energy at two points in a circuit.
ELECTRIC QUANTITIES CURRENT (I) It’s the number of electrons that pass through a specific point in one second.
ELECTRIC QUANTITIES RESISTANCE (R) It’s the oposition of the components of a circuit to the flow of the electric current.
2.1. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS VOLTIMETER: measures the electrical voltage (in volts)
POLYMETER: measures different electric quantities (voltage, current, resistance) on different scales.
2.2. OHM´S LAW Is the proportional relationship between voltage, current and resistance. V: voltaje (v) I: current (A) R: resistance (Ω)
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