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: [[Adjective]]: '''Electrical'''
===About Electricity===
: We use '''electricity''' to power [[Electrical Appliance|appliances]] in the home.
: '''Electricity''' usually flows through metal wires.
: Sometimes '''electricity''' travels through the air. If it travels a short distance it is called a spark. If it travels from the clouds to the ground it is called [[lightning]].
: If '''electricity ''' travels through an animal the animal feels an [[Electrical Shock|electrical shock]].
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
'''Electricity''' is a flow of [[electron]]s that allows [[energy]] to be [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] (usually along a wire) from one [[Energy Store]] to another.
 
===About Electricity===
: Different [[Electrical Component]]s can '''transfer energy''' to different [[Energy Store]]s or can cause other [[Energy Transfer]]s.
 
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Filament Bulb'''
|'''Buzzer'''
|'''Motor'''
|-
|[[File:FilamentBulb.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Buzzer.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Motor.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Electricity''' [[Energy Transfer|transfers energy]] into the [[Thermal Energy Store]] of the [[filament]] inside the [[Electrical Bulb|bulb]]. Some [[energy]] is then transferred away from the [[Electrical Bulb|bulb]] by [[light]] [[radiation]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Electricity''' causes the buzzer to [[Energy Transfer|transfer energy]] away by [[sound]] [[radiation]]. It also [[Energy Transfer|transfers energy]] into the [[Thermal Energy Store]] of the buzzer as the buzzer gets hotter.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Electricity''' [[Energy Transfer|transfers energy]] into the [[Kinetic Energy Store]] of the motor when it accelerates. It also [[Energy Transfer|transfers energy]] into the [[Thermal Energy Store]] of the motor as the motor gets hotter. If the motor is used to lift an [[object]] then [[Energy Transfer|energy is transferred]] into the [[Gravitational Potential Energy Store]] of the object.
|}
==Key Stage 34==
===Meaning===
'''Electricity ''' is a an [[Energy Transfer|energy transfer]] caused by the flow of [[electronselectron]]s or [[ion]]s though a [[medium]]. ===About Electricity===: [[Electricity]] can perform [[Work Done#Work Done by Electricity|electrical work]] that allows as the [[Electrostatic Field|electrostatic field]] inside a [[wire]] provides a [[energyforce]] to be move the [[transferredelectron]] s (usually along a wireor [[ion]]s).[[Electricity]] has two [[property|properties]] that can be used to describe it:*[[Electrical Current|Current]] - The rate of flow of [[Electrical Charge|charge]]; <math>I=\tfrac{Q}{t}</math>*[[Potential Difference]] - The [[Work Done|work done]] per unit [[Electrical Charge|charge]]; <math>V=\tfrac{E}{q}</math> ===References=======AQA==== :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac116 ''Electricity, pages 24-36, GCSE Physics; 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