Sunday, October 13, 2013

Electricity

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What is electricity?
Flow of electrons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2KklctxQ0

What is static electricity?
 Build up of electrons.

What is ampere?
The unit used to describe how much electric current flows through a wire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO91e0AaGGg

What is circuit?
Path for electric current.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnpLaKsqGU

What is closed circuit?
Complete, unbroken path for electric current.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnpLaKsqGU

What is electric current?
Movement from electric charge from one place
to another.

What is a volt?
Metric unit used to measure electromotive force.

What is voltage?
The energy that a power source gives to electrons in a circuit.

What is open circuit?
Incomplete or broken path for electric current.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnGiOe1WSbo

What is schematic diagram?
A diagram that uses symbols to show the parts of a circuit.

What is series circuit?
Circuit in which all current flows through a single path.

What is a dry cell battery?
Electric power source with a dry or paste-like center.

What is a Parallel Circuit?
A circuit in which there is more than one path for current.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmiqpwtJ_o