Electricity

This week in Physics, we learned about electricity. Many things in our daily life are based on the use of electric energy. Our homes, cars, and our lives to a certain extent, are powered by electricity. The picture above shows a common household item (at least, for a teenager). This is an Xbox 360 controller, which  uses electricity to run. The controller is hooked up to the Xbox to charge, however, it runs on a series circuit of two AA batteries.

Electric Charges and Forces

This week in physics, we learned about electric charges and forces. This means that there are differing amounts of electrons and such in a given particle, which makes up its charge. Positively charged things will naturally attract to negatively charged things, bringing them together. These particles will stick and hold together, and be hard to force apart. One such example is the picture above, which shows some magnets on my fridge. These magnets are attracted to the fridge through a charge, which makes them stick.