Electrical appliances and electrical safety
Electricity and current
From Power Plants to home
Misclleneous
100
Electricity and _________ don't mix
Why can't you have water near electrical appliances? What doesn't mix with electricity?
100
a form of energy which is made by the flow of electrons.
What is electricity?
100
It makes the generator spin so that electricity can be produced by the generator.
What ia a turbine?
100
When electricity cannot pass around in a circle, the circuit is called an ________ circuit.
What is an open circuit?
200
Picture, sound, movement, heat and light
What do appliances change electrical energy into?
200
At the speed of thousands of kilometers per second.
How fast does electric current travel?
200
Special machines that make electric current weaker or stronger.
What are transformers?
200
A tool that helps us to do some special work. For example a whisk can be used to beat eggs
What is an appliance?
300
Things that store electricity, and we put them into our toys and appliances to make them work.
What are batteries?
300
Electric charge that flows in a wire or through a power line.
What is electric current?
300
A place where electricity is made using the energy from water.
What is a hydroelectric water plant?
300
The technical names for pipes that carry water from a dam to the turbines in a hydroelectric water plant
What are penstocks?
400
119
What number should we call during an emergency in Taiwan?
400
Electric charge that stays in one place.
What is static electricity?
400
Thick wires that carry electricity from the power plants to a city or countryside.
What are power lines?
400
An explanation for a science problem; we can test it to check if it is right or wrong
What is a hypothesis?
500
It might cause a fire or switch off electricity of the whole building due to overload.
Why shouldn't we plug in too many appliances in the same socket?
500
A complete path through which electricity flows.
What is a circuit?
500
The metal stick or rod that connects the turbine to the generator (it rhymes with raft)
What is a shaft?
500
The place in a hydroelectric power plant where water is stored high so it can be sent down to the turbines with a strong force.
What is a dam?
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