Electricity and Magnetism

Electricity and Magnetism

Two components of a type of energy called electromagnetism

Each can be used to created the other

We Pass Electricity Through Certain Types of Metal

Steel

We can cause a charge to build up in steel that causes it to be magnetized

This is how magnets are created

Likewise,

We spin a magnet inside a coil aka generator and cause electrons to build on that coil to produce electricity

Force = Magnetism

Magnetism can create electricity

Electricity can created magnetism

Two components of the same energy

How can electricity be generated and used to power a lightbulb?

1. Something spins generator like a wind turbine, hydroelectric turbine, coal burning engine

2. As the magnet inside the generator rotates, it causes electrons to build up a charge on the coil

3. The electrons wanna ground out, bond w/ other atoms

4. We must give them a path to travel through to do so

5. We give them a conductor like copper wires (or other metals like gold and silver)

6. It travels through the conductor (the power line) so it can reach a place where it can ground out.

   BEFORE THAT, we pass it through a lightbulb by flipping a light switch aka closing that circuit

7. Electrons travel through into the lightbulb

8. Inside bulb the filament has to push or tungsten

9. As pushes thru, its like friction between metal and electrons

10. Friction creates heat and eventually that metal gets hot enough that it glows which created the light in an incandescent light bulb.

Then those electrons pass through and go back to another line. There’s two lines. One hot line takes out electricity, other is neutral line takes it back whe

How can electricity be generated and used to power a lightbulb? (short response form)

Electricity starts with a generator, which is powered by something that spins it such as a wind turbine, hydroelectric dam, or coal-burning engine. Inside the generator, a magnet spins, which causes electrons to build up a charge on a coil of wire. These electrons want to ground out by bonding with other atoms but need a path to travel through first.

To guide them, we use conductors like copper wires. The electricity flows through power lines, going toward places it can be used. Before it reaches the ground, we pass it through a lightbulb by flipping a light switch, which closes the circuit and lets electrons move.

Inside the bulb, electrons flow through a thin wire called the filament, often made of tungsten. As the electrons push through, they create friction between the metal and moving particles that creates heat. The filament gets so hot that it glows, producing light in an incandescent bulb. After passing through the bulb, the electrons continue along a second wire, the neutral line, which returns them to the power source, completing the circuit.

What is a tree falls on those powerlines?

Electricity could travel through the tree, shortening its path (circuit)

They’ll take path of least resistance to getting a place where they can ground out.

Electrons will go to path of least resistance.

Anode

Positive Charge (Think A+)

Cathode

Negative Charge

Electrolysis

A way to split things apart using electricity

A method of seperating ions in a substance by passing an electrical current through the substance.

Works using the 2 nodes Cathode and Anode because opposites attract

How Electrolysis Works

• The anode (which has a positive charge) pulls in negative particles.

• The cathode (which has a negative charge) pulls in positive particles.

• This helps break apart a chemical or compound into its different parts, depending on which parts are positively or negatively charged.

Positive and Negative Ions

Separate out via the process of Electrolysis.