Electricity & Magnetism - A1 - Masing - Richelle

Name: RICHELLE P.
MASING
Year & Section: BSE Science-2nd Year
Date: May 10,2022
Subject: Electricity and Magnetism
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“The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism”
Introduction
What is Electricity? What is Magnetism?
Electricity, phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electric charges. Electric charge is a
fundamental property of matter and is borne by elementary particles. In electricity the particle involved
is the electron, which carries a charge designated, by convention, as negative. Thus, the
various manifestations of electricity are the result of the accumulation or motion of numbers of
electrons. Magnetism is the force exerted by magnets when they attract or repel each other. Magnetism
is caused by the motion of electric charges. Every substance is made up of tiny units called atoms.
Each atom has electrons, particles that carry electric charges. Spinning like tops, the electrons circle
the nucleus, or core, of an atom. Their movement generates an electric current and causes each
electron to act like a microscopic magnet. Electricity and magnetism are two very important topics in
the science of physics. We use electricity to power computers and to make motors go. Magnetism
makes a compass point North and keeps notes stuck onto our refrigerators.
Without electromagnetic radiation we would all be in the dark, for light is one of its many forms.
Body
There are two types of electricity: static electricity and electrical currents. Static electricity stays in
one place, like the charge on a doorknob that can zap your hand in the wintertime. Electrical
current moves and flows, like the current in the wires in a lamp. Some of the particles that make up
atoms, including protons and electrons, have small electrical charges. Humans have learned to use
electricity in the last couple hundred years. Our modern world uses lots of electricity in many ways.
Electricity has changed the world a lot. Electricity in nature is also important. Natural electricity
makes lightning flashes and the signals that flow along our nerves.
The inimitable Walter Lewin gives a literally hair-raising performance in this MIT Museum
lecture/demonstration for learners young and old. He unveils the real meaning behind words and
things most of us use everyday without reflecting on what marvels they really represent.
Magnetism is electricity's close cousin. Some materials, such as iron, are attracted to magnets; while
others, such as copper, are not. We use the idea of "magnetic fields" to show how objects move
when they are near magnets. Magnets have north and south poles. Two poles that are the same (like
north and north) push each other apart. Two poles that are not the same (a north and a south) pull
each other together. Electricity and magnetism are really two different parts of a single force. A
moving magnet makes electricity and an electrical current makes a magnetic field. We use these
facts to build motors and generators.
Lewin is at his electrifying best when working with children from the audience. He gives a 12-year-
old girl the worst hair day of her life, and offers a young boy 10 cents for 10 hours of backbreaking
labor. But Lewin reaches a new high (low?) when he repeatedly beats one of his young assistants
with a swatch of cat fur. Lewin doesn’t exempt himself from the torture, though: he even makes a
serious attempt to electrocute himself with a 150,000-volt Van der Graff generator. Lewin indulges
the armchair physicist who’s mathematically challenged, by covering all the basics of electricity and
magnetism while introducing just one equation.
Conclusion
Magnetic fields and electrical currents make waves of energy that flow outward into space at the
speed of light (which is very, very fast!). These waves of energy are called "electromagnetic
radiation". There are six kinds of electromagnetic radiation. The light that we see with our eyes is
one kind. Ultraviolet and infrared "light" are invisible to us, but some animals and insects can see
them. Radio waves have very long wavelengths. X-rays and gamma rays have very high energies.
When broken down into their constituents by spectroscopes, electromagnetic spectra reveal much
about distant objects such as stars. Humans use our knowledge of this electromagnetic radiation.
We build telescopes for viewing the heavens, radios to communicate, and X-ray machines for check
for broken bones. Our society uses electricity in many ways. Generators in power plants change
heat from steam into electricity. The electricity flows along wires to our houses and schools. We flip
a switch to turn on a light, a fan or a dishwasher. Chips in computers use electricity to “think” and
calculate. Small Electrical currents carry information, like this Web page, over the Internet to your
computer’s screen.

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Name: RICHELLE P.

Year & Section: BSE Science-2nd Year

Date: May 10,2022

Subject: Electricity and Magnetism

“The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism”

What is Electricity? What is Magnetism?

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