Solar basics
What type of energy comes from the sun?
What is Solar Energy?
What small part inside a panel converts sunlight into power?
What is solar cell?
What is one major benefit of solar energy for the planet?
What is clean energy?
What did people use sunlight for long ago?
What is warming homes or water?
Which country uses the most solar energy?
What is China?
What do we call the flat devices that capture sunlight?
What are solar panels?
Where are solar panels often placed on homes?
What is the rooftop?
What do solar panels not produce that helps fight climate change?
What is carbon emissions?
In what century were solar panels invented?
What is the 1900s?
About what percent of the world’s electricity comes from solar energy?
What is 4-5%?
What kind of resource is solar energy—renewable or nonrenewable?
What is renewable?
What kind of solar energy system floats on lakes or oceans?
What is floating solar?
What is one main con of solar energy on cloudy days?
What is weather dependent?
What do we call places that use lots of panels to power entire areas?
What is solar farm?
What country is building massive solar farms in large open spaces?
What is China?
What is the name of the system that delivers electricity to homes and buildings?
What is the power grid?
What stores extra energy for use at night or on cloudy days?
What is a storage battery?
What makes starting a solar setup expensive?
What is panel cost?
What type of buildings are commonly powered by solar today?
What are homes, school, or stores?
What do we call the harmful gases solar energy helps reduce?
What is carbon emissions?
What do we call the process of turning sunlight into electricity?
What is photovoltaic?
What is it called when a solar system is connected to the power grid?
What is a grid connected?
What is the term for energy that doesn't run out and doesn't harm the environment?
What is sustainable?
What word means a new idea or invention that helps technology improve?
What is innovation?
What’s the word for using sunlight to make power in many parts of the world?
What is global use of solar?