Summary
The phone gets its tiny power from the phone line itself. 🔌
That’s why you could still call friends during a blackout. 🌟
Key Points
4 points1
Landline phones use a small electric current that travels through the copper wire from the telephone company.
2
The current is enough to make the phone ring and let you hear the other person.
3
The house's electricity is not needed for the phone to work.
4
Modern mobile phones need batteries or chargers, so they stop when power is gone.
New Words to Learn
4 wordselectric current
a tiny flow of electricity that makes things work
copper wire
a metal rope that carries electricity from place to place
telephone company
the group that sends phone signals and power through the wires
blackout
when the lights and power stop working for a while
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