Conductors and Insulators of Electricity A major reason electricity works is because of conductors. First metal‚ water‚ tall trees and tall items are good conductors because lightning is attracted to them. These materials have many mobile electrons. Metal is an easy substance for lightning to travel through so metals are good conductors. However‚ rubber is a bad conductor because lightning bounces off of it. A bad conductor is called an insulator. An insulator has a few mobile electrons. It is
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Living Without Electricity Life Without Todays Conveniences You walk into your house today‚ flick a switch‚ and you expect a light to come on. You press a button on the remote control and you expect the TV to come on. There are many things you depend on electricity to do each day‚ from running your well pump if you live in the country to washing and drying your cloths. So‚ how did people get by before they got electricity? If you wanted a light you would get a match‚ go over to the kerosene
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Life without electricity Imagine life without electricity‚ not just a brief power outage. We all know how inconvenient life becomes when our electricity is out for only a few hours. How hard it is to remember for that short period of time that the light switch will not produce instant light‚ the hair dryer will not immediately blow dry our hair‚ or that we can’t even run water into our homes. Our homes and lives have become so dependent on electricity it is really hard to imagine everything that
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Mama and Dee (Wangero) in Alice Walker ’s story of "Everyday Use" brings about the major conflict over heritage. Mama and Dee have many differences which enables them to agree on certain circumstances. The main differences between Mama and Dee are their appearances‚ attitudes toward each other and things around them‚ amount of education‚ and of course‚ their idea of what heritage really is. Alice Walker starts her story of "Everyday Use" by introducing Mama. Readers get a visual of a middle-aged
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Charge problems 1. Complete the following sentences using words from the list below. equal negative opposite positive zero a) A proton has ………positive…….. charge. b) A neutron has ……zero……….. charge. c) An electron has ………negative…….. charge. d) A proton and an electron have ……opposite……….. and ………equal…….. charge. 2. Complete the following sentences using words from the list below. electron(s) ion(s) neutron(s) nucleus (nuclei)
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penalty for unpaid balance */ Inputs int unit /* unit of electricity used */ float UnpaidBal /* unpaid balance */ Outputs float Penalty /* charge of penalty */ float UseCharge /* charge for the current electricity use */ float TotalBill /* total charge */ PROGRAM ALGORITHM (FLOW OF PROGRAM) 1. Display user instructions 2. Get data: unpaid balance and electricity unit used 3. Determine electricity unit used and compute use charge 4. Determine unpaid balance and compute penalty 5.
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Today‚ Americans use more electricity than ever before. The average American home consumes approximately 14‚000 kilowatt-hours per year‚ up from 2‚200 kilowatt-hours per year in 1950. The increase in energy consumption is due to electronic equipment‚ an increase in the number of appliances‚ size and their requirements for electricity. The growing amount of energy consumption means your homes‚ and especially older homes‚ electrical systems could easily be overloaded‚ and malfunction. Mister Sparky
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Electricity is vital to our lives‚ but many people seem to be terrified when it comes to electricity because of the potential injuries sustained from an electric shock. Therefore‚ many people prefer to hire an electrician to do the job. Sometimes a very simple connection can be quite costly‚ like the installation of a light bulb. Well‚ why not try to learn how to do these simple connections by yourself. The importance of knowing these steps is that you save money and‚ time without depending on others
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Electricity is a form of energy. Electricity is the flow of electrons. All matter is made up of atoms‚ and an atom has a center‚ called a nucleus. The nucleus contains positively charged particles called protons and uncharged particles called neutrons. The nucleus of an atom is surrounded by negatively charged particles called electrons. The negative charge of an electron is equal to the positive charge of a proton‚ and the number of electrons in an atom is usually equal to the number of protons
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Ways to save electricity Nowadays many people have electricity‚ but they don’t know how to use it wisely. There is many way to save electricity. We must use electricity wisely. 1. Way is only use electricity when needed. 2. Replace all of your inefficient incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient CFL bulbs. Replace halogen spotlights with much more efficient and longer lasting LED Spotlight. 3. Hang your clothes out to dry rather than using an electric tumble dryer. Ideally use a spin dryer before
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