Question

A small lesson on Electricity.

Answer 1

Electricity occurs in two forms: static electricity and current electricity.
Static electricity is stationary and can only occur with insulators, static electricity is also responsible for transferring electrons.
A insulator is a certain type of material that current electricity cannot pass through, such as plastic.
Current electricity can only flow through materials that are conductors.
Current electricity is only formed by electrons flowing in the direction of negative to positive that flowing in a continuous loop, otherwise known as a circuit.
A conductor is a certain type of material that current electricity is able to pass through, most commonly being metals or water.
A ammeter is a device that measures the total power of the electrical current in a circuit. This measurement is abbreviate and often referred to as “amps”.
A battery is a chemical compound that has the ability to generate voltage and is typically used to power a circuit.
A resistor is a material that resist, but is unable to stop the flow of current electricity. The most common example of a resistor is a fuse.
One of the primary uses of a resistor is that it causes electrical energy to be converted into thermal energy or light energy.
A voltmeter is used to measure the total electrical potential difference between two different points in a circuit. This measurement is most commonly referred to and is abbreviated as voltage.
The bigger the voltage, the stronger the current is flowing through a circuit.
A cell is a mechanism that stores chemical energy and transfers it to electrical energy whenever it is connected to a circuit.
When two or more cells are connected together this is called a battery.
A electrical circuit is made up of 4 components: wires, cells, lamps, and switches.
When you close the switch on a circuit, the lamp lights up because there is a continuous path for the electrical current to follow.
There are two types of electrical circuits: Series circuits and parallel circuits.
A series circuit has only one path for the current to flow through.
Within a series circuit, the components are connected one after another to create a continuous loop, with current traveling through as long as the switch is closed.
Amps measure the same at every point in a series circuit, while voltage is shared amount the components in a series circuit.
A parallel circuit has two or more paths for the circuit to flow through.
Amps are shared amount components of each branch in a parallel circuit, while voltage measure the same in all branches in a parallel circuit
This type of electricity generation uses coal, petroleum, and natural gas: fossil fuels.
This type of electricity generation requires the use of a dam: Hydroelectric power.
This type of electricity generation occurs at the atomic level: Nuclear.
This type of electricity generation works best across flat surfaces: Wind.
This type of electricity generation relies on the movement of tectonic plates:Geothermal.
This type of electricity generation is controlled by the gravitational force of the Moon: Tidal.
This type of electricity generation uses batteries at night: Solar.