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What is Electricity?

Electricity is a natural phenomenon that occurs


throughout nature and takes many different forms
Electricity is briefly defined as the flow of electric charge

Flow of Charges
positive (+) or negative (-)

count of protons is
called the atoms
atomic number

Electrostatic force (also called


Coulombs law) is a force that
operates between charges. It states
that charges of the same type repel
each other, while charges of opposite
types are attracted together.
Opposites attract, and likes repel

Static Electricity

Current Electricity

Static electricity exists when


there is a build-up of
opposite charges on objects
separated by an insulator.
Static electricity is the result
of an imbalance between
negative and positive
charges in an object

dynamic, charges are always


on the move

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