This is a picture of a power strip and it exhibits electric potential. Electric potential is a measure of potential energy unit per charge, or in other words voltage. The power strip allows you to plug in multiple items to one outlet using only one plug. This words because the electrical currents go through the plugged in power strip and to the other outlets attached the original outlet. The potential energy is measured in joules and charge is measure in coulombs. The SI unit is joules per coulombs or volts. After googling about electric potential I learned that electric potential and electrical potential energy are two completely different things.
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