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Why is it dangerous to use electrical appliances around water?

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Electricity would travel through the water and through you to the ground. This is why it is so important to keep all electrical appliances away from the water, and make sure your hands are dry, and you are not standing in water when you touch anything electrical.
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  2. What is the direction of electric current or conventional current?

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  3. Why is it dangerous to use electrical appliances around water?

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  4. How does current flow in a circuit?

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  5. What is the purpose of the plastic coating on the wire?

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  6. Explain why vinegar is a good source of conductor?

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  9. What happens when electric current is passed through water?

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  10. Explain the below points: What is the electric current?

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  12. List three uses of electrolysis.

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  13. Give the chemical equation for the electrolysis of water.

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  14. Give the chemical equation for the electrolysis copper chloride.

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  15. When do we say that Objects are positively charged ?

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  16. When do we say that objects are Negatively charged.

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  17. Discuss twhy does current flow continuously through the circuit?

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  18. Give two examples for each: Electrolytes

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  19. Give two example of the followings: Non- electrolytes

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  20. Give two examples for each: Bad conductors of electricity

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