Electricity

Electricity is the movement of electrons from one atom to another along a conductor. It is a form of energy that when in motion (when it moves) it exhibits magnetic, chemical or thermal effects.


1) Magnetic = can push or pull things without touching them like a magnet.

2) Chemical = a chemical reaction/ changing a substance into a new substance

3) Thermal = heat, make things hot like a light bulb


Electricity does not occupy space nor have mass (weight), Electricity is NOT matter.


CONDUCTOR đź”˝

A conductor is any material that conducts electricity, meaning that electricity will pass through the material easily.


Examples of an Conductor:

• Metals

• Copper (Wires inside the rubber are made out of copper)

• Tap water, river, lake


đź”˝ (also called Insulator) NONCONDUCTOR

A material that does NOT transmits electricity. Meaning they block the electricity from passing or stops them.


Examples of a Nonconductor:

  • Rubber (what covers the wires)

  • Silk

  • Glass

  • Wood

  • Cemen


All materials are either conductors or nonconductor