RESISTANCE



Resistance is the opposition that a material body offers to the passage of an electric current. Resistance is measured in ohms. Examples of items with resistance are light bulbs, hair dryers, toasters.

Pictures of various light bulbs and resistors


This activity was created by Steven Gutierrez, for the Learning Technologies Project, at the NASA Glenn Research Center, in 1996.



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