GK
PHYSICS
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Amps
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Volts
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Watts
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Electricity is measured in units of power called Watts, named to honor James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. A Watt is the unit of electrical power equal to one ampere under the pressure of one volt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Units of power are ergs per second (erg/s), horsepower (hp), and foot-pounds per minute.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is a unit of electricity? One unit of electricity is equal to one kilowatt-hour. It is the amount of power required to use an appliance of 1000 watt power rating for an hour.
Detailed explanation-4: -watt: A watt is a unit of power* equal to one joule per second. Multiply volts with amps and you get watts. A kilowatt (kW) is 1, 000 watts, a megawatt (MW) is 1, 000 kilowatts, a gigawatt (GW) is 1, 000 megawatts, and a terawatt (TW) is 1, 000 gigawatts.