Electricity #1
One flash of lightning could power this many houses.
What is 1000?
Matter usually exists in one of these 3 states
What are solids, liquids and gases?
In a power plant, electricity is made when steam from boiling water makes huge wheels spin in this.
What is a turbine?
These solids and liquid are the same compound even though they appear in different states.
What is ice cubes and water?
This type of energy is one of the most common sources of alternate energy.
What is wind?
This type of electricity gathers in one place.
What is static electricity?
These do not have their own shape but take the shape of their container.
What are liquids?
Electricity is the flow of these tiny particles.
What are protons and electrons?
When atoms of a substance are packed tightly together they form this state of matter
What is a solid?
These can be installed on the roof of a house to harness energy from the sun.
What are solar panels?
This country uses more electricity than any other country in the world.
What is Iceland?
These are objects that keep their shape.
What are solids?
This type of electricity is moving.
What is current electricity?
True or False...fire is formed from a combination of hot gases.
What is true?
This is a material that allows little or no heat, electricity, or sound to go in or out.
What is an insulator?
This part of our body carries a small electrical current.
What are nerves?
These are air-like substances that can move around freely or flow to fit a container.
What are gases?
This water animal carries an electrical current.
What is the electric eel?
This substance is electrically charged, does not hold its shape, has a huge amount of energy and is very difficult state to manipulate without a laboratory
What is plasma?
This is the central part of an atom that is made up of protons and neutrons.
What is a nucleus?
This Serbian inventor is known for contributing to the design the modern day AC current. There is a statue of him at Niagara Falls.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This is a change between one type of matter to another. For example ice melting into water.
What is a change of state or a phase change?
Everything in the universe is made of these tiny particles.
What are atoms?
Water is a compound substance made from these two elements
What is hydrogen and oxygen?
This type of energy can be restored or replaced by natural processes (or by nature).
What is renewable energy?