The Nature of Electricity

The Nature of Electricity

Electricity is a term for energy that can be present or flow as an electric charge. It is visible in lightening flashes. Electric eels, electric catfish, and electric rays use electricity for hunting or defense. Electricity occurs at the subatomic level in the form of electrons that orbit the nuclei of atoms. Electrons form force fields to hold atoms together as solids.

Electricity can be static or conducting. Static electricity occurs when there is an imbalance between materials that are positively and negatively charged with electrons. Electric currents are a flow of electric charges through a ...