Bright Ideas
Shocking Problems
Power Players
100

I sit on rooftops and turn sunlight into electricity or heat.

solar panels

100

I am limited, non-renewable energy that comes from the Earth, like coal and oil.

fossil fuels

100

I am the amount of something created or made, often on a global scale.

production

200

I don’t pollute the environment and come from sources like the sun or wind.

Clean energy

200

I am the negative points or drawbacks of something.

disadvantages

200

I measure the capacity of electricity and am equal to one billion watts.

gigawatt

300

I describe the heating of the Earth caused by too many greenhouse gases.

global warming

300

I am tiny cracks in solar panels that are sometimes invisible to the naked eye.

micro cracks

400

I am the positive things or benefits you get from using something.

advantages

400

I carry electricity through a building and can be damaged by too much sunlight.

electrical wires

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