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Voltage and Power


What is the link between voltage and power?

Task 1

View the prezi below

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Take this quiz

 

Task 2

 

Research an example of something that wastes a large amount of electrical energy.  How much power does it use?  How much is wasted?  What form of energy does the waste take?  Can you put this in simple to understand terms? (for example - the wasted poer could run 25 kettles for a week). 

hink about what the term kilowatt-hour means and how it relates to the energy being used.

Summarise your ideas and findings in a blog post and post a link in the comments section below.

Task Discussion