Energy Story Summary

In the article "Energy Story". I learned that electricity figures are everywhere and where electricity comes from. Did you know that electricity comes from atoms? atoms are the proton, the neutron, and the electron. Nevertheless, electrons contain negative charge, protons are positive and neutrons are neutral, I also learned that a charged atom is called an ion.

After reading the articles "Energy Story", and "Conducting Solutions", and viewing a video clip called Hands-On Science with Squishy Circuits, I realized they all have the same idea behind them but different purposes the writer is trying to get you to understand. In the article "Energy Story', the purpose was to inform readers about how energy can be used in our everyday actions and activities. It also talks about what energy does and how it is used, also what it is causing to happen. It describes the steps used to conduct energy and how to consume it. It also includes you having to do an action which will intrigue many readers. The article stated to, take a walk through your house and wright down all the different appliances, devices, and machines that use electricity. This article was a great source for getting information on all different kinds of reason for which energy is around.

In the passage, "Energy Story" the purpose is mainly to explain to you what electricity is. Also meaning how it happens. It gives some diagrams to give you a good explanation just to refer back to when trying to understand what is going on and to get a better understanding.

In the story "Energy story" it talks about the structure of an atom and electrons and how electrons can move easier in somethings than in other things, like in paragraph 21-22 it says that thing like rubber cloth glass and dry air are good insulators, which means that electrons don’t move as well as in things like copper, aluminum, and steel.

In paragraph two, it states "Pure water contains very few ions, so it does not conduct electricity well. When table salt is dissolved in water, the solution conducts very well, because the solutions contain ions.". In paragraph four, it explains how laundry ammonia can conduct electricity. It states "When ammonia dissolves in water, it reacts with the water and forms a few ions.". In conclusion, paragraph five explains more about how ammonia can cause electricity when it is put into a solution with vinegar.

An electric current exists when there is a net flow of charge through a given area. Electrons flow from the negatively charged region to the positively charged region. This is usually accomplished by using an electrical conductor which allows the electrons to pass freely through the material (Serway, et al. 709). This flow of electrons can generate heat when collisions between the molecules and electrons occur. These collisions then cause the molecules to break apart thus releasing heat. Some common examples of electrical energy are lightning, static electricity, and wiring outlets (Coleman, et al. 82). For the wildland firefighter, lightning is probably the

To understand how this electricity works we must start with the basics. The atom is the smallest unit of matter, consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have no charge, and electrons have a negative charge. Electric charges that are the same repel each other and charges that are different attract each other. Electric charges can exist alone, unlike magnetic poles.

In each passage that I read, "Energy Story", "Conducting Solutions", and the video "Hands on Science with squishy Circuits" there are many similarities and differences within the information I have gained in the articles and the video. The main idea of this video is to mainly inform you about electricity, the main principles of it, and some different ways to make electricity.

These three sources explain very different things, but they always end up coming back to the main objective of electricity. Energy Story explained how atoms function, and how they, as a whole, are passed through circuits to create electricity. Conducting Solutions explains how liquid solutions including Ammonia and Vinegar are stronger together, and create a stronger conduction of electricity. Hands-On Science with Squishy Circuits visually shows how two batches of homemade play-dough, one made with salt, and the other with sugar can be made into circuits when used together.

First, the difference between the two articles’, "Energy Story" and "Conducting Solutions" purposes. The article, "Energy story," talks about atoms and what atoms are needed to make electricity. That's the articles purpose, to teach you what atoms are needed to make electricity and the atoms. They put everything you need to know about atoms. How they move, how many atoms are needed in one, etc. Now for the second article, "Conducting Solutions," purpose is different. Its purpose is to say what’s a good conductor and what you can mix so it can be a good conductor. They tell you what you can mix like ammonia and vinegar. The other article doesn't really talk much about conductors and which ones

When the wind is blowing on wind turbines it produces electric power, Fans are old techniques used in the mills and then the water pump, but now it has developed the technology and has become used for electric power production.

The basis of modern day electrical systems were all derived over a quarrel involving the light bulb, the electric chair, and a 28-year old Croatian immigrant.This dispute involved three of the biggest and most prominent names in the history of electrical engineering: Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse, who were all scientists and innovators who lived during the late 1800s. Edison and Tesla would get into a quite large argument over the best and most efficient kind of electrical currents. It would be Edison’s direct currents against Tesla’s alternating ones. This disagreement would go on to shape the course of electricity across the country. It would later be known as the War of Currents. The War of Currents had a great impact

The American energy revolution has done more than just provide record amounts of oil and natural gas to fuel our transportation needs or generate electricity and heat our homes, schools and businesses. Increased American energy production has lowered the cost of energy and manufacturing feedstocks, which helps to cut energy and materials costs for American manufacturers, particularly producers of steel, chemicals, refined fuels, plastics, fertilizers and numerous consumer products. U.S. industrial electricity costs are 30 to 50 percent lower than those of our foreign competitors, according to a 2015 study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). American manufacturing costs are now 10 to 20 percent lower than those in Europe and could be 2 to

There are many forms of energy. The types of energy that can affect the toy car are potential energy, kinetic energy, and work of friction. Potential is the energy of an object due to its position. Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion. Friction plays a part because it shows how much energy is needed for the car to move. All these energies are intertwined in the toy car.

What is energy? Energy is the ability to do work, it is the “power that comes from the use of physical or chemical resources.” In your home energy can come in many forms such as heat, light, and even electricity. The problem is some of us, meaning people, in general, know little to anything about the word energy itself. When we think about energy, we think about the energy it takes to get up in the morning. Sometimes as students we do not notice how much, and when we use energy. We use energy in everyday life, and it is very important to understand that.