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Brain Gain

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WHERE DO EELS GET THEIR ELECTRICITY

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HYPOTHESIS

  • The eel's cells rub up against
  • each other and create friction.
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RESEARCH

  • Have a highly complicated nervous system
  • They have an electric organ in their bodies
  • When the nucleus gives the command
  • The nerves make sure the cells all activate
  • At once.
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MORE RESEARCH

  • When the signal is given a path is
  • created connecting the inside and outside
  • of the cell. Then it acts as if it was a battery
  • each side holding a different type of charge.
  • When a cell is sparked it can start another cell.

FACTS

  • Each cell holds a few less than
  • 100 millivolts on the outside.
  • If the eel lived on land, it would turn
  • into a 500 volt- battery.
  • This all happens in about two milliseconds

CONCLUSION

I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE CELLS CREATING FRICTION
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WHY DO EELS NOT HARM THEMSELVES?

  • The electric current us to weak
  • to harm them.
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THE END

BY: MADELYNN HARRE
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