What is Electricity?

Electricity from Wikipedia

Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire. In addition, electricity encompasses less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction.

Lightning is the most dramatic effect of Electricity.
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Electricity from Encyclozine

Electricity is a fundamental form of energy occurring naturally (as in lightning) or produced artificially, and results from the motion of electrically charged particles of matter. These charges are either neutral, positive, or negative. Electricity is concerned with the positively charged particles, such as protons, that repel one another and the negatively charged particles, such as electrons, that also repel one another. Negative and positive particles, however, attract each other. This behavior may be summarized as follows: Like charges repel, and unlike charges attract.

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