Grade 9 - Unit 4 Electrical Principles & Technologies Concepts

STATIC Electricity

CURRENT Electricity

Charge Separation
Electrical Discharge

Continuous flow of electrons through

conductors.

Laws of
Electric
Charges

Electrical Circuit
conductor - energy source - load

Electrical SAFETY
Short Circuits
Insulators
Plugs (Ground)
Fuses
Breakers
Safety Regulations

Power Grid

VanDeGraff
Generator

VOLTS
Potential Difference
Voltage Drop

Safety Rules
AMPERES
Current flow rate
Galvanometers

OHMS
Resisting the flow
Multimeter
Ohms Law R = V / I

Voltmeter
Source Load Conductor - Switch

CELLS

Electrical Circuit Symbols

CIRCUITS

2 different Electrodes
in an Electrolyte

Series
(Only 1 Path)

WET Cell
Electrolyte is
a liquid

Parallel
(Multiple Paths)

Conductors Insulators
Superconductors
Types of Resistors
Wire-bound
Carbon composite
Variable Resistors
Rheostat (varies resistance)
Varistor (temperature change)
Thermistor (surge protector)

DRY Cell
Electrolyte
chemicals in
a paste

Microcircuits
Transistors act as switches

2 cells make a BATTERY

Battery Types
Primary Secondary

Electrochemistry
Electrolysis Electroplating
Galvanizing Electro-refining

Energy E = P x t
Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy
TRANSFORMATIONS
Energy
TRANSFORMATIONS
Chemical
Electrical
Mechanical
Thermal
Light
Sound

Generators
Motors ( DC AC )

Energy can neither be created nor

destroyed, it can only be transformed from
one form to another

EFFICIENCY
St. Louis Motor

Transformers
Energy SOURCES

Fossil Fuels Light (Solar)

Geothermal Gravity Tides Wind Biomass Fuel Cells

Energy (output) x 100

Energy (input)

IMPACTS
Renewable vs Non-Renewable Energy
Air Pollution
Conservation of Energy
Sustainability