What Is Electricity?

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Section 9.1 What Is Electricity?

We will now be investigating electric and magnetic phenomenon! We will start with electricity. What is electricity? Very loosely speaking, we can say that electricity is the flow of electric charge. What is electric charge and what phenomenon are associated with the flow of charge? How does charge flow, and what forces cause charges to move? Let’s watch some physics demonstrations to get started thinking about electric phenomenon and charge.

Exercises Activities

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Describe an instance in your everyday life when you have experienced a phenomenon related to charge or electricity.

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Section 9.1 What Is Electricity?

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