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Potential in electricity is stored charge. It is defined as voltage. It is potential because nothing much happens until you couple something to it like a light bulb. If you take a Bowling ball to the top of a hill you have created potential energy. When you release the ball and it rolls down the hill it expends kinetic energy until all the potential energy is used up. In electricity imagine a flashlight battery. If you turn it on and the bulb lights, it will gradually get dimmer. When there is no more light (assuming the bulb doesn't burn out) the potential has been exhausted.
CommentVoltage is not synonymous with 'potential'. Voltage means potential difference.
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Electricity
Why is an electricity not flow in an open circuit?
The electricity will flow from higher potential to lower potential in a closed circuit.
What does electricity mean in science terms?
Electricity is the flow of electrons from areas of high potential to areas of low potential.
Importance of electricity in economy?
Absolutely vital
What is the relationship between electricity and potential or kinetic energy?
Electricity is a form of energy that can be converted into either potential energy, which is stored energy, or kinetic energy, which is energy of motion. The relationship between electricity and potential or kinetic energy is that electricity can be used to create or transfer these types of energy.
What are the effect of electricity?
effects of electricity: current passes through closed circuit, from higher potential to lower potential,it produces heat
Why does electricity take the shortest path?
because resistance is proportional to the wire's length's . electricity moves from a higher potential to a lower one. Potential = current intensity x resistance, thus potential increases when resistance does. eventually electricity will not choose the longer path because it has a higher potential.
How does thevariable resistor control electricity?
A: it does not control electricity but Rather varies the potential subjected to.
What is the importance of voltage?
importance of voltage is the potential difference between two points.
Poem about electric potential and potential difference?
Electricity will rule the world one day.
What is measure of potential energy in electricity called?
The measure of potential energy in electricity is called voltage. Voltage is the potential difference in electric charge between two points in a circuit, and it is measured in volts (V).
What is voltage potential and how does it affect the flow of electricity in a circuit?
Voltage potential is the force that pushes electric charges through a circuit. It is measured in volts. Higher voltage potential means more force pushing the charges, which increases the flow of electricity in the circuit. Conversely, lower voltage potential results in slower flow of electricity.
