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1
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What are the two types of charges?

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Static electricity and moving electricity- electric current

2
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Electric energy

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  • can be used to do work

- appliances,ipads, lights, cooking, etc.

3
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Sources of electrical energy

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Electrochemical cell or battery

4
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Electrochemical cell

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Converts chemical energy to electrical energy to be used for work

5
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Battery

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A bunch of electrochemical cells connected together

6
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Electric potential energy

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Electric energy that is stored in a battery

7
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Law of the conservation of energy

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  • energy can’t be created or destroyed

- it can only be transformed from one form to another

8
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What are the two types of energy?

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Potential and kinetic

9
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Potential energy

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Stored energy

10
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Kinetic energy

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Moving energy

11
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Electric potential difference

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  • amount of potential energy for each coulomb of charge
  • potential differences comes from separation of charges
  • also called voltage (V)
12
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Two types of batteries

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Dry cell and wet cell