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This electric current is generated in a power plant, and then sent out
over a power grid to your homes, and ultimately to your power outlets.
The movement of charges such
as electrons is called current, and
this electrical current is what
powers household appliances.
Charge Passing
Through A Given Area
Electric Current = ------------------------------
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Time
An easier way to think of electric current is to picture cars going
through a Turnpike or Parkway Toll.
-The Wild and Scenic River Act and the Endangered Species Act have
inhibited development of some sites
-The loss of free flowing streams and land due to flooding behind the dam
disturbs the life of species: eg – Salmon
-Tidal Energy – uses the gravitational pull of the moon on our oceans to
drive turbines
Proportion of World’s energy
consumption - 1997