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The following resources were consulted in the making of this study unit:
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Images:
Atom | Emma Harrage | CC BY | |
Repulsion and attraction | Emma Harrage | CC BY | |
Cat with styrofoam | Sean McGrath | ![]() |
CC BY 2.0 |
Child on a slide | Ken Bosma | https://www.flickr.com/photos/10271343@N00/2843109634/ | CC BY 2.0 |
Electrical wires | Nuria Fernández Menéndez | http://lafuencislainenglish.blogspot.com/p/science.html | CC BY NC SA |
Electron cloud | cnxuniphysics | https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/osuniversityphysics2/chapter/electric-charge/ | CCA 4.0 |
Electrons moving through a cable | Emma Harrage | CC BY | |
Capacitors | Elcap | CCO | |
air capacitor | Robbie Sproule | https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Book%3A_University_Physics_(OpenStax)/Book%3A_University_Physics_II_-_Thermodynamics_Electricity_and_Magnetism_(OpenStax)/08%3A_Capacitance/8.02%3A_Capacitors_and_Capacitance | CC BY SA 4.0 |
capcitor diagram | Emma Harrage | CC BY | |
Camera flash | Petr Kratochvil | https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=6010&picture=digital-camera-and-flash | Public domain |
Lightening gif | Metfis2 | ![]() |
Public domain |
Lightning on buildings | Emma Harrage | CC BY | |
Lightning conductor | Emma Harrage | CC BY |
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