OH MY! Circuits, Batteries Volts, Amps, and Ohms.

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OH MY! Circuits, Batteries Volts, Amps, and Ohms

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OH MY!

Circuits, Batteries Volts, Amps, and Ohms

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What is a circuit?

Circuit – a closed path through which ELECTRONS can flow. Think a about a race track. Can’t race with out a

complete track.

We can classify them in two ways.

Open – electrons won’t be moving

Closed – electrons will be moving

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Marble Analogy

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Please sketch into your notes!!!

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Please sketch into your notes!!!

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Wet and Dry Cell Batteries

Diagram from page 602 of Physical science textbook. Figure (A) is a dry cell battery and is a single cell. Figure (B) is a wet cell battery and has multiple cells. When we say cell we mean one cell, when we say battery we mean multiple cells.

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Three Basic Units

The three basic units in electricity are:

Voltage (V) (measured in volts) Potential difference

Current (I) (measured in amps) Flow or number of electrons

Resistance (R) (measured in ohms) Tendency to oppose

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Think Plumbing…(don’t write this!)

Voltage would be like water pressure…

Current is the flow rate…

Resistance is the pipe size...

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Another Analogy

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Ohm’s Law!

I = V/R This states that current is equal to the voltage divided

by the resistance.

This equation can be re-written to solve for any specific variable

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Problem…

You have a tank filled with water connected to a hose that you are using to water the lawn…

What happens if you just increase pressure in the tank?

Remember……….. Ohms Law…..

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Answer…

More water will come out of the hose

Electricity works in the same way! Increasing the voltage will make more current flow

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Volt Meter

Volt meters are tools used to tell us how much voltage anything is producing…

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How to use a Volt meter