What's happening here? If the wire is glowing, it must be If the wire is thin enough, and providing it's not covered Heat is not the only thing that's produced when electricity flowsĭown a wire. The thinner the wire, and the greaterĬollisions happen and the more heat is generated. As the electricity flows, the electrons jostle aboutĪnd collide with one another, and with the atoms in the metal wire, Wire by electrons, the tiny particles inside the atoms of metal that The electrical energy is carried down the When electricity flows through a wire, energy is transmitted from Some bread stuck in a toaster, always unplug it first. Zap through your body, electrocute you, and kill you. They are dangerously hot and carry large electric currents that could WARNING: You must never ever touch these wires (whichĪre called filaments or elements), either with your fingers or with any other object, because The bread like dozens of miniature radiators. When electricityįlows through these wires, they get hot and then fire their heat toward Rows of glowing red wires facing the bread. If you've ever looked down inside a toaster, you'll have noticed You try! But you can make toast with electricity if you use an electric Toast by standing a slice of bread on top of a battery-and nor should Heat is one kind of energy andĪnd stored inside things like batteries) is another.
But you do you know how the electricity that flows into the This turns the power of electricity into heat that can cook your bread Stove watching and waiting for your bread to turn brown, an electric Nice crisp piece of buttered toast first thing in the morning? If you don't like standing by the
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