Electrical Circuits. Objectives Objectives – Explain how electrical energy is supplied to devices in a circuit. – Use electrical symbols to draw simple.

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Electrical Circuits

Objectives Objectives – Explain how electrical energy is supplied to devices in a circuit. – Use electrical symbols to draw simple circuit diagrams. – Distinguish between open and closed circuits.

 What is electricity?  Electricity usually means the flow of electric current in wires, motors, light bulbs, and other inventions.  Its what makes an electric motor or electric stove heat up.  Almost always invisible.  Comes from the motion of electrons or other charged particles.

 Electric Current  Similar to a current of water, but not visible because it flows inside solid metal wires.  Can carry energy and do work, just as a current of water.  Ex. A water wheel – uses the force of flowing water to run machines.

 Electricity can be powerful and dangerous!  Electric currents carry a great deal of energy.  Ex. An electric saw  An electric motor the size of a basketball can do as much work as five big horses or fifteen strong people!

 An electric circuit is a complete path through which electricity travels.  Ex. Electric toaster  Wires in electric currents are similar to pipes and hoses that carry water.  Difference is that you cannot get electricity to leave a wire the way water leaves a pipe.

 Examples of natural circuits:  The nerves in your body are an electrical circuit that carries messages from your brain to your muscles.  The tail of an electric eel makes a circuit when it stuns a fish with a jolt of electricity.  The Earth makes a gigantic circuit when lightning carries electric current between the clouds and the ground.

 Circuit diagrams  Circuits are made up of wires and electrical parts such as batteries, light bulbs, motors and switches.  Electrical drawings are called circuit diagrams.  Symbols are used to represent each part of the circuit in a circuit diagram and are standard.  A resistor is an electrical device that uses the energy carried by electric current in a specific way.

 Batteries  All electrical currents must have a source of energy.  One way to turn off a device is to stop the current by “breaking” the circuit.  Electric current can only flow when there is a complete and unbroken path.  A circuit with no breaks is called a closed circuit.  A circuit with any break is an open circuit.

 Switches  Switches are used to turn electricity on and off.  Flipping a switch to the on position creates an open circuit by making a break in the wire.  A light bulb burns out when the thin wire that glows inside it breaks, breaking the circuit.

 Vocabulary:  Ampere  Voltage  Volt  Voltmeter  Multimeter  Battery  Ammeter  Objectives:  List the units used to measure current and voltage.  Describe how to measure current and voltage in a circuit.  Explain the function of a battery in a circuit.

 Current  Current is what carries energy in a circuit.  Electric current is measured in units called amperes (A), or amps, for short.  Current flows from positive to negative.  A battery’s electrical symbol uses a long line to show the positive end and a short line to show the negative end.

 Current in equals current out  Electric current from a battery flows out of the positive end and returns back into the negative end.  An arrow is sometimes used to show the direction of current on a circuit diagram.  Electric current does not leak out of wires the way water sometimes leaks out of a hose or pipe.

 Voltage  Voltage is a measure of electric potential energy, just like height is a measure of gravitational potential energy.  Voltage is measured in volts (V).  A voltage difference means there is energy that can be used to do work.  A difference in voltage provides the energy that causes current to flow.  A voltage difference means of 1 volt means 1 amp of current does 1 joule of work in 1 second.

 Electrical meters find the voltage in a circuit.  A voltmeter measures voltage.  A more useful meter is a multimeter, which can measure voltage or current.  To measure voltage, the meter’s probes are touched to two places in a circuit or across a battery.

 Meters measure voltage difference  The meter reads positive voltage if the red (positive) probe is at a higher voltage than the black prove.  The meter reads negative when the black probe is at a higher voltage.  The meter reads voltage differences between its probes.

 A battery uses chemical energy to create a voltage difference between its two terminals.  When current leaves a battery it carries energy – the current gives up its energy as it passed through an electrical device.  Current gets a “refill each time it passes through the battery.

 Battery voltage  The voltage of the battery depends on how the battery is made.  Different voltages can be made by combining multiple batteries.

 Measuring current with a meter  If you want to measure current you must force it to pass through the meter.  Electrical meters called ammeters, are designed specifically to measure only current.

 Multimeters can measure two types of electric current:  Alternating current (AC)  Direct current (DC)  The meter itself can be damaged if too much current passes through it.  The meter may contain a circuit breaker or fuse to protect circuits from too much current by making a break that stops the current.

 1. List the units for measuring current and voltage.  2. Why does a voltmeter display a reading of zero volts when both of its probes are touched to the same end of a battery?  3. What does a 1.5 V battery give to each amp of current in a circuit?  4. Draw a diagram showing how a meter is connected in a circuit to measure current.