ENERGY
The capacity to produce changes.
What is energy?
The resources that we use to produce electricity.
What are energy sources?
____ use energy sources to produce electricity.
What are power stations?
This is the electricity that flows through wires and electrical devices.
What is electric current?
This conducts the current.
What is a wire?
The energy found in a light source, like the Sun.
What is light energy?
These sources quickly replenish themselves and do not pollute.
These panels produce electricity when sunlight shines on them.
What are solar panels?
A closed path around which electricity can flow.
What is electric circuit?
This energy is measured by temperature.
What is thermal energy?
This type of energy is found in uranium and plutonium.
What is nuclear energy?
These sources are used faster than they replenish themselves. They will eventually run out and they pollute the environment.
What are non-renewable energy sources?
These long wires allow electricity to travel from the power stations to our homes.
What are power lines?
This turns a circuit on or off.
What is a switch?
This effect takes place in a toaster.
What is heat effect?
Energy can be ____ from one object to another.
What is transferred?
This energy is found in the interior of the Earth.
What is geothermal energy?
These materials let electricity pass through them easily.
What are conductors?
This provides the electrical energy in an electric circuit.
What is a generator?
Energy can be ____ from one place to another.
What is transported?
Electrical energy can transform into ____ which makes a fan move.
What is mechanical energy?
We use these energy sources for transport and for heating.
What are fossil fuels?
These materials do not allow electricity to pass through them.
What are insulators?
This transforms electrical energy into light, sound, movement, etc.
What is an output device?
This energy is found in biomass.
What is chemical energy?