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Electricity
What we will Learn…
• What is a current?
• How to draw electric circuit diagrams
• What is potential difference, voltage and E.M.F?
• What is resistance?
• S/E: Circuits arranged in series versus parallel
• S/E: Fixed resistors versus variable resistors
• Effects of electric current
What i s Electricity???
Definition:
filament
flow of electrons
Definition:
1 mA = 0.001 A
• These components
must be joined
together without any
gap in between to
light bulb circuit board
form a closed circuit.
Note:
Components refer to the
light bulb, wires, battery
Electric Circuits
• Incomplete circuits are called open circuits.
Both the circuits in the diagram are incomplete, hence they are known
as “open circuits”.
An e l e c t r i c c u r r e n t f l o w s
o n l y when t h e r e is:
• a source of electrical energy and
• a closed circuit
connecting wires
electric cell
+ +
Switch (open)
Main s w i t c h used
in b u i l d i n g s
S w i tc h e s used o n c i r c u i t
C i r c u i t d i a g r a m s f o r open
and c l o s e d circuits
• The g r e a t e r t h e r e s i s t a n c e o f t h e w i r e ,
t h e g r e a t e r t h e a m o u nt o f h e a t
p r o d u c e d . This heating e f f e c t i s us ed in
common e l e c t r i c a l appliances.
In a l i g h t b u l b , t h e
h e ate d f i l a m e n t w h i c h is
a l s o a resistance wire,
becomes s o hot that
l i g h t is a l s o e mitte d .