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<\/a><\/span><\/div>\nTravels of Electricity<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Where Electricity Comes From<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Electricity Travels Through Conductors<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Insulators Help Keep You Safe<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Electricity?<\/h2>\n
In your home, electricity runs the lights, television, toaster, and more. It’s hard to even imagine what your life would be like without it.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s easy to see what electricity does for us, but what IS electricity? Electricity is a form of energy. Energy is power\u2026 the power to do and move things, and to make things\u00a0work.<\/p>\n
Electricity begins with atoms<\/strong><\/span>. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Atoms make up everything around\u00a0us.<\/p>\nThe center of the atom has at least one proton<\/strong><\/span> and one neutron<\/strong><\/span>. At least one electron<\/strong><\/span> travels around the center of the atom at very great speed. An outside force, called voltage<\/strong><\/span>, can push electrons from atom to atom. This movement of electrons produces electricity. We have found many ways to harness electricity’s power and\u00a0use\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Where Electricity Comes From<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Electricity Travels Through Conductors<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Insulators Help Keep You Safe<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Electricity?<\/h2>\n
In your home, electricity runs the lights, television, toaster, and more. It’s hard to even imagine what your life would be like without it.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see what electricity does for us, but what IS electricity? Electricity is a form of energy. Energy is power\u2026 the power to do and move things, and to make things\u00a0work.<\/p>\n
Electricity begins with atoms<\/strong><\/span>. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Atoms make up everything around\u00a0us.<\/p>\nThe center of the atom has at least one proton<\/strong><\/span> and one neutron<\/strong><\/span>. At least one electron<\/strong><\/span> travels around the center of the atom at very great speed. An outside force, called voltage<\/strong><\/span>, can push electrons from atom to atom. This movement of electrons produces electricity. We have found many ways to harness electricity’s power and\u00a0use\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Where Electricity Comes From<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Electricity Travels Through Conductors<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Insulators Help Keep You Safe<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Electricity?<\/h2>\n
In your home, electricity runs the lights, television, toaster, and more. It’s hard to even imagine what your life would be like without it.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see what electricity does for us, but what IS electricity? Electricity is a form of energy. Energy is power\u2026 the power to do and move things, and to make things\u00a0work.<\/p>\n
Electricity begins with atoms<\/strong><\/span>. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Atoms make up everything around\u00a0us.<\/p>\nThe center of the atom has at least one proton<\/strong><\/span> and one neutron<\/strong><\/span>. At least one electron<\/strong><\/span> travels around the center of the atom at very great speed. An outside force, called voltage<\/strong><\/span>, can push electrons from atom to atom. This movement of electrons produces electricity. We have found many ways to harness electricity’s power and\u00a0use\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Where Electricity Comes From<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Electricity Travels Through Conductors<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Insulators Help Keep You Safe<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
<\/i>What Is Electricity?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nWhat Is Electricity?<\/h2>\n
In your home, electricity runs the lights, television, toaster, and more. It’s hard to even imagine what your life would be like without it.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see what electricity does for us, but what IS electricity? Electricity is a form of energy. Energy is power\u2026 the power to do and move things, and to make things\u00a0work.<\/p>\nElectricity begins with atoms<\/strong><\/span>. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Atoms make up everything around\u00a0us.<\/p>\n
The center of the atom has at least one proton<\/strong><\/span> and one neutron<\/strong><\/span>. At least one electron<\/strong><\/span> travels around the center of the atom at very great speed. An outside force, called voltage<\/strong><\/span>, can push electrons from atom to atom. This movement of electrons produces electricity. We have found many ways to harness electricity’s power and\u00a0use\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Metals (such as copper and aluminum) are good conductors. That’s why electrical wires are made of metal. All the wires that lead from power plants to substations and transformers and finally into buildings have metal inside them for electricity to travel on.<\/p>\n![\"Water\"](\"https:\/\/evergy-safety.com\/educator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/water-150x150.jpg\")
Water is another great conductor. Because your body is mostly water, electricity can also travel easily through you. (Warning: if electricity travels through you, it’s likely you will be seriously hurt or even killed.)<\/p>\n![\"Insulator\"](\"https:\/\/evergy-safety.com\/educator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/telephone_pole_insulator-1-150x150.jpg\")
Insulators keep electricity from leaving power lines. Glass, plastic, or ceramic insulators high up on power poles keep electricity from traveling down the pole to the ground. If an insulator breaks, or a power line becomes disconnected from the insulators that hold it up, the line can fall to the ground and energize the area around it with a lot of electricity. If you touch a downed line\u2014or even the ground near the line\u2014you could be hurt or killed. If a power line falls on a car and you touch the car and the ground at the same time, you could be hurt or killed.<\/p>\n