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A Battery and a Bulb

            
            
            
            
            
             Electric circuits can be explained in terms of energy.
             Batteries provide energy to the charges moving in a circuit. .
             a. a battery pumps charge from the negative end to the positive end .
             b. batteries can be made up of a single cell or series of cells.
             c. the charges lose energy as they pass through the elements such as bulbs, in a circuit .
             III. A light bulb contains a protected filament that let electrons flow through it.
             a. filament conducts electricity .
             b. thermal energy is produced.
             IV. A simple circuit is made with a light bulb, battery and two wires.
             a. battery - the energy source.
             b. wire - the outgoing current path.
             c. bulb - the energy destination.
             d. wire - the return current path.
             V. Experiment/Battery and a Bulb.
             a. use a single battery.
             b. two pieces of wire.
             c. small flashlight bulb.
             d. connect the wire to the positive end of the battery then to the bulb and then connect the other piece of wire to the negative end of the battery.
             e. the connection forms a complete path or circuit.
             VI. Electrons flow from the negative part of the battery through the wire to the bulb and through the wire to the positive side of the battery. The current passes through the interior of the battery to complete the circuit. .
             VII. The light bulb glows by heating the filament inside the bulb.
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             Electricity and magnetism project.
             A battery and a bulb.
             Drew Weibel.
             Important Terms.
             Lesson 35.1.
             Circuit - Any complete path in which a charge can flow.
             Filament - A fine metal wire inside a light bulb that heats up and glows when connected to an electrical current.
             Analogous - Similar or comparable in certain respects.
             Electric Current - Simply the flow of electric charge.
             Battery - A connected group of electro-chemical cells that store electric charges and generate direct current .
             Electricity and magnetism project.
             A battery and a bulb, lesson 35.1.
            


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5. Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb

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7. The Brilliance of Thomas Edison

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