What is electricity, and how is it made?
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Everything is made up of atoms, and atoms have something called electrons. Sometimes some atoms have too many or too few electrons and want to give away or take electrons.
If you take a bunch of atoms that want electrons and group them together, and make a second group of atoms who want to get rid and of electrons, then put them close enough together or connect them with something conductive, the electrons will pass from one group to another. If you’re smart about the materials the electrons pass through, you can make them do other work like powering lights and motors on their way. Electricity is just the movement of electrons, when you feel a static shock that is simply electrons moving in your fingertip.
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