Definitions 1
This word means the ability to do work.
Energy
The center of the atom.
This type of energy converts the Sun's light and heat into electricity.
Solar Energy
This type of energy is powered by a turbine turning which generates electricity
Wind Energy
What kind of charge is created when there are more protons than electrons?
Positive charge
The smallest particles that exist.
Atoms
A form of energy that results from charged particles which can be carried by wires.
Electricity
This type of energy uses the power of flowing water to generate electricity.
Hydro Energy
An inexpensive energy source that is burned for energy. It is a fossil fuel.
Coal
What do we call the loop in which an electrical current flows.
Electrical Circuit
A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily.
Conductor
Resistor
A fossil fuel found underground which emits less carbon dioxide than coal when burned.
Natural Gas
This type of energy uses the internal heat from the earth's crust to produce energy.
Geothermal
A circuit that has more than one load, but only one path that the electrons flow through.
A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it.
Insulator
The build-up of an electrical charge on the surface of an object.
Static Electricity
Biomass
This is used to heat homes and is burned in many of the power plants that make electricity.
Oil
A circuit that has more than one load and more than one path.
Parallel Circuit
The type of electricity that moves from one place to another.
Current Electricity
The movement of electrons through an electrical circuit.
Electrical Current
This type of energy uses fission to generate steam, which turns a turbine to generated electricity.
Nuclear Energy
The materials for this type of energy are expensive to install, but then can produce free electricity for about thirty years.
Solar Energy
Give one example of something that is made using a simple circuit, and one example of something that is made using a parallel circuit.
Simple circuit - flashlight, children's toys, old Christmas lights.
Parallel circuit - newer Christmas lights, cars, traffic lights