Power Plants
This type of power is generated by using photovoltaic cells.
What is solar power?
This measures the amount of electricity being consumed.
What are watts?
An electrical current only flowing in one direction.
What is direct current?
When two north or two south poles of a magnet are facing each other, they:
What is repel?
The magnetic field around a wire forms this shape:
What is a circle?
This type of power plant generates electricity using fission.
What is nuclear?
This measures the amount of current.
What are amperes (amps)?
An electrical current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals.
What is alternating current?
When two opposite poles are facing each other, magnets:
What is attract?
As electrons move around an electromagnet, they make a:
What is a magnetic field?
This type power plant uses moving water to generate electricity.
What is hydroelectric?
This is the unit electrical potential.
What is voltage (volts)?
Metal, water, animals, and people are all examples of:
What are conductors?
Name the three metals that are naturally magnetic.
What are iron, cobalt, and nickel?
Name the materials needed to make a simple electromagnet.
What are wire, a battery, and a metal core like and iron nail?
Pueblo generates it's electricity by burning this fossil fuel.
What is coal?
This part of the atom is what flows to create electricity.
What are electrons?
Rubber, plastic, and glass are all examples of:
What are insulators?
On a magnet, this is where the magnetic field is the strongest,
What are the poles?
Name two advantages of an electromagnet.
What are: it can be turned on and off, you can change the direction of its current?
All power plants use some type of energy to generate this to turn the turbines that generate the electricity.
What is steam?
This is the flow of electrons through an electrical circuit.
What is electrical current?
What is static electricity?
Name the three types of magnets.
What are temporary, permanent, and electromagnet?
What are: MRI, headphones, computers, TV, doors, crane, etc.?