In North America 120 volts, in the UK and Europe 240 volts.
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120 volt alternating voltage with 10 to 20 amp current available to power appliances or other.
Because it has electricity flowing to the outlet.
Yes provided it is installed to code. You also might want to mark it in some way unless the plug is of a different configuration than the standard outlet.
No, it will cause the bulb to blow. A 12 volt light is DC voltage and your home outlet is AC voltage.
When molten or dissolved in water it can but in its standard, solid state it cannot.
If this question is asking about the box supplied by your utility company which counts the kilowatt.hours you used, so they can send you a bill for electricity, it is called an electricity meter. If you are asking about the name of the standard unit used to measure a quantity of electricity used, it is called the kilowatt.hour (or k.Wh for short.)