Electricity allows us to perform daily activities and powers modern society. It is harnessed from natural lightning and enables lighting, appliances, vehicles, computers, and more. Without electricity, our world would be drastically changed as most power would be lost and people would struggle. Electricity has become an essential part of life for individuals and across societies globally.
Organized Lightning: Understanding Our Dependence on Electricity
1. “Electricity is really just organized lightning.”
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3. • If you traveled as fast as electricity, you
could go around the world 8 times at the time
that it takes to turn on a light switch
• One light bulb has enough electricity to
service 200,000 homes
5. We depend on electricity a lot
because we use it as a mobile
power, which means we use it to
power most of our vehicles.
6. • Many things depend on
electricity such as
lighting, television,
radio, computers,
telephones, and heating
7. Survey Results
Electricity has affected our lives.
35, 35%
Strongly Agree
Agree
65, 65%
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
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8.
9. We use electricity so that we can
do more things. We can cook food in
the microwave, see In the dark, get
transported somewhere by a
vehicle, use the internet, and
many more. All these things we use
on a daily bases comes from
electricity. Without electricity
our world would change and people
would start to freak out.
Electricity is an important thing
in life.
10. • IF WE DID NOT HAVE
ELECTRICITY, then our
society would be lost.
11. Survey Results
Without electricity our society would be lost.
90
80 77
70
60
50
40
30
20 17
10 6
0
Yes it would No it would not Maybe
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12. All in all, electricity was a
great idea to invent. We do so
much with electricity
everyday.
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