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First you need to understand charge, voltage and current.
Atoms are made of electrons, neutrons and protons. Electrons have a kind of charge called negative charge and protons have a positive charge. Neutrons have both negative and positive charges, so they cancel out and are not very important to electricity. Like charges repel each other, while opposite charges attract each other. This is what causes electricity.
Sometimes atoms will have more electrons than protons or vice versa. When there are many atoms of something have too few or too many electrons then it gains a net charge depending on if there are more electrons or more protons. If there are more electrons then it has a negative charge, if it has more protons it has a positive charge.
Voltage is the difference between two charges. On a 9-volt battery, the difference between charge of the positive terminal and the negative terminal will be nine times as much as the difference of charge on the terminals of a 1-volt battery.
Now since opposite charges attract, the electrons in the negative terminal want to move to the positive terminal (protons don't move because they are in the center of an atom). The only thing stopping the electrons from jumping to the positive terminal is air because it has a lot of resistance.
Resistance is how hard it is for electrons to move through a material. Copper wire has a very low resistance, so when you connect the two terminals together with wire, electrons start moving across the wire from the negative terminal to the positive terminal. Electrons move slowly across the wire, but they start a chain reaction in the atoms that make the wire so that now almost all the atoms want to give some of their electrons to the positive terminal. This reaction moves very fast, almost at the speed of light, and that's things power up almost instantly once they are connected to a power source even though the electrons themselves move slowly. The movement of these electrons is called current, and that's what powers electric devices.
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What are the two basic types of electricity?
The two basic types of electricity are static electricity and current electricity. Static electricity involves the build-up of charge on an object, while current electricity is the flow of electric charge through a conductor.
What are the five types of electricity?
AC specifies alternating current and DC means direct current.
Which is more useful static or current electricity?
It is current. Because current electricity has moving charges while static electricity has stationary charges.
What are the 3 types of eletricity?
The three types of electricity are static electricity, current electricity (also known as electric current), and alternating current (AC) electricity. Static electricity refers to the build-up of electric charge on the surface of objects. Current electricity is the flow of electric charge through a conductor, while alternating current (AC) electricity is a type of current where the flow periodically reverses direction.
Metal conduct current?
Metal conduct electricity and flow of electricity is the current.
What is a flow of electricity?
a current
Is high-voltage syndrome an example of static or current electricity?
it is an example of current electricity
What scientist do to prove and introduce current electricity?
they made inventions to prove that current electricity is there.
What is the name of flowing electricity?
Flowing electricity is called electric current.
Current electricity vs electrical current?
Current or "electrical current" (to distinguish it from current in a river) is the flow of electrons in a wire which can perform useful work. The current can be generated by a battery or a generator, or by other means. Current electricity is not a commonly used term. "Current electricity" is the science of electric currents, and it means the same thing as Electrodynamics. Example: the Electrical Sciences can be divided into two parts: Static Electricity or Electrostatics, and Current Electricity or Electrodynamics.
The difference-relationship between static and current electricity?
Static electricity is the buildup of electric charge on the surface of an object, while current electricity is the flow of electric charge through a conductor. Static electricity involves stationary charges, whereas current electricity involves moving charges. When static electricity is discharged, it can create a current flow.
What can prevent the path of electricity?
The current of electricity flows well with conductors. So by placing an insulator in the path of the electricity you can stop the current.
