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 work by batteries

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

Current electricity’s energy can be changed to

1-heat2-light

3-sound4-movement

Can you think up some examples for each type of energy?

Heat Energy

Light Energy

Sound Energy

Movement Energy

Safety rules

Water and electricity don’t mix

Never put too many plugs in one socket

The circuit parts

Battery = cell

Switches