Electricity
A circuit with a break in the path, where the electric charge is unable to flow
What is an open circuit?
a person who does something for the first time
What is a pioneer?
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
Materials found in nature that can be used to generate electricity. For example: wood, coal, water, wind, sun, oil are called...
What are natural resources?
type of material made from dead plants, leaves, once living materials that have been underground for millions of years
What are fossil fuels?
When two objects push away from each other
What is repel?
the man who invented the lightbulb
Who is Edison?
A form of energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms.
What is chemical energy?
energy generated from the Sun using panels on the roof
What is solar energy?
black, dead wood that is millions of years old and can be burned to generate heat
What is coal?
A group of atoms bonded together
What is a molecule?
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer?
Energy generated by splitting the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
energy generated by huge turbines atop a tall tower with blowing air
What is wind energy?
type of gas we use in our kitchen stoves/ovens to generate heat; a form of chemical and thermal energy
What is natural gas?
when electrons move/jump from one charged object to another
What is "Transfer of Electrons"?
called "The Sun Queen" she created the first solar house
Who is Dr. Maria Telkes?
kinetic energy + potential energy
What is mechanical energy?
energy generated by flowing water
What is hydro power?
thick, black, liquid that is drilled up from below ground, or from under the ocean used to make gasoline
What is petroleum (oil)?
a force caused when two objects rub against each other; acts in opposite direction
What is friction?
invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed in form.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
energy that is generated from underground volcanoes or underground heat
What is geothermal energy?
very rare, expensive, and highly radioactive material found in rocks
What is uranium?