Electricity
This part of the atom holds no electric charge.
What is a neutron?
These resources are not able to be replaced by nature.
What are non-renewable resources?
The complete path that an electric current travels along.
What is a circuit?
This material does not allow for electricity to pass through.
What is an insulator?
This sector consumes the most energy in Canada.
What is the industrial sector?
This part of the atom holds a positive electric charge.
What is a proton?
These resources are always found in nature and will never run out.
What is a renewable resource?
An electrical circuit that follows only one path.
What is a series circuit?
This material allows for electricity to flow freely.
What is a conductor?
This sector consumes the least amount of energy in Canada.
What is the agricultural sector?
The smallest particle of a substance.
What is an atom?
This source of energy uses the heat from the Earth's core as a means of heating or cooling buildings.
What is geothermal energy?
An electrical circuit that follows more than one path.
What is a parallel circuit?
________ is an example of how conductors and insulators can work together to allow electricity to flow safely.
What is a wire?
_______ and _______ are to examples of how we can conserve energy.
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This part of the atom holds a negative electric charge.
What is an electron?
This form of fuel uses plant and animal material which has been pressurized over millions of years.
What are fossil fuels?
In this circuit, the electrons travel in one direction from the negative terminal to the positive terminal of the battery.
What is a direct current (DC)?
This engine has blades that spin by pressure from water, steam or air.
What is a turbine?
There are ______ main sectors of energy consumers in Canada.
What is five?
This term refers to the amount of pressure being created from the source of electricity.
What are volts?
This form of energy burns scraps of material that were once living to produce heat.
What is biomass?
In this circuit, the electrons move back and forth, switching directions at a very fast pace.
What is an alternating current?
This refers to the amount of pressure being created from the source of electricity (the battery).
What are volts?
Canada still relies heavily on ________ to provide the necessary demand for energy.
What are fossil fuels?