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Do Now Electricity is defined as…..
Flow of charges Flow of protons Flow of electrons Flow of neutrons
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Flow of electrons is electricity
How do electrons flow?
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Flow of electrons is like the flow of water
What makes water flow?
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Flow of electrons is like the flow of water
What makes water flow? Flows from a higher ground to lower ground
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What makes electrons flow?
Flows from higher electron density to lower electron density
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But water won’t flow forever
Electrons won’t flow forever either, even though we need them to
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Just like water fountains need a pump or a generator to keep water flowing, charges also need a pump
That’s why we have generators and batteries
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If a fountain had a broken pipe, it would not work
Same with electrons
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Electrons flow in “circuits”
The circuit needs to be “closed”
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When water flows, it can be just a trickle
Or, it could be more
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Same with electrons You could have a lot of electrons flowing, or very few flowing This is what we call “current”
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Water needs potential energy to flow
Electrons need potential difference to flow This is what we call “voltage” Or “electromotive force” But mostly voltage or potential difference
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Using current and potential difference, we can figure out how much power you use every second
Power used by your house in one second P = V x I “I” stands for current “V” stands for potential difference
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How much power does a house that draws 10A of current with a voltage of 5V use every second?
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How much energy is used by a house that draws 10A of current with a voltage of 5V use in 30 seconds?
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How much current is delivered to a house that used 400W of power with a voltage of 25V?
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Remember the difference between “Power” and “Energy”
Power is measure every second P = V x I Energy is the power used for more than one second E = P x t
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Challenge How much energy is consumed by a household in 3 years if they draw a current of 5A over a potential difference of 18V?
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Pick any four to solve!!! How much power is used by a house that draws 35A of current with a potential difference of 9V? How much current is drawn by a bulb that advertises itself as a 40W bulb in a house with a potential difference of 30V? How much voltage is required to pass a current of 2A into a 100W light bulb? How much energy is used by a house is 24 hours if it draws 3A of current every second with a voltage of 20V? How much energy is used by the same house in problem 4 over 24 years
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