Electricity
Electricity
• Electricity is very important in our lives.
• We would find it very hard to do without it.
• There are so many things in our homes that are powered by electricity
that we have begun to depend on them.
• Imagine you woke up this morning and had no electricity.
Machines working with electricity are called :
Electric
Static and current electricity
Current electricity comes
from:
1-Main electricity (Outlets in the wall)
2-Batteries
Main Electricity
• Most of the large machines in our home are powered by Main
Electricity.
• Main Electricity comes from outlets in the wall
Some machines work by main
electricity
Batteries
Some machines work with batteries which have electricity inside
Some machines that work by batteries
Current electricity’s energy can
be changed to:
1-Heat.
2-Light.
3-Sound.
4-Movement.
Can you think up of
some examples for
each type of energy?
Heat Energy
Light Energy
Sound Energy
Movement Energy
Important terms
Power plant
Is a place for making the electricity.
Socket
An electrical outlet.
Plug
Used to connect the machine to the socket to get electricity.
Wire
Flexible rod of metal.
Circuit
parts
It is the path in which the
electricity moves.
Circuit
Buzzer
Safety rules
Water and electricity don’t mix
Never put too many plugs in one
socket
Circuit
symbols
Battery = cell
- +
-
+
-
+
Switches
Help the flow of electricity through the circuit
+
-
(Straight line)
Motor
Electricity always flows from the negative (-) to the
positive (+)
Battery arrangement
Thank
you!

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