26. Examples of electrical safety devices: -used to attract lightning а. away from a house. b. -is used to discharge static electricity from an electrical cord. - is used to prevent a с. circuit from overloading by having a piece of wire that melts to open the circuit. d. -is used to prevent a circuit from overloading by having a piece of metal that bends when it gets heated and opens the circuit. -is a reset button used to open an electrical circuit in locations near water. е.
26. Examples of electrical safety devices: -used to attract lightning а. away from a house. b. -is used to discharge static electricity from an electrical cord. - is used to prevent a с. circuit from overloading by having a piece of wire that melts to open the circuit. d. -is used to prevent a circuit from overloading by having a piece of metal that bends when it gets heated and opens the circuit. -is a reset button used to open an electrical circuit in locations near water. е.
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Transcribed Image Text:26. Examples of electrical safety devices:
а.
-used to attract lightning
away from a house.
b.
-is used to discharge static
electricity from an electrical cord.
- is used to prevent a
c.
circuit from overloading by having a piece of wire that
melts to open the circuit.
d.
-is used to prevent a circuit
from overloading by having a piece of metal that
bends when it gets heated and opens the circuit.
-is a reset button used to
open an electrical circuit in locations near water.
_is a large discharge of static electricity.
of water
charge to build-up in
charge on the
_is large enough, the static
е.
27.
Static electricity builds up from the
molecules in the air that allow a
the bottom of the cloud that attracts the
ground. When the
charge is released.
28.
is caused by the rapid expansion and contraction
of heated air due to air being heated by lightning.
is the pathway that electrons travel along.
is used to open and close a circuit.
31. Three ways to increase the resistance in a wire are to
29. A
30. А
make it
,or
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