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| Where does electricity come from? |
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| What do many power plants burn? |
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| What is a bad side effect to burning coal? |
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| How does power get from the plant to town? |
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| What happens if you touch a power wire? |
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| The process by which electricity gets into your house (3 steps) |
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1. Electricity flows through buried underground wires.
2. The electricity enters through wires are in your wall.
3. The wires connect to outlets. |
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| What is a very dangerous conductor of electricity? |
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| What happens after the electricity enters your house? |
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| It returns back to the power plant and makes a circuit. |
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| Pressing on buttons and turning switches does what to electricity? |
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| It closes the gap in the circuit |
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| What acts as the conductor inside power cords? |
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| What protects us from getting shocked from cords? |
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| The rubber surrounding the wires |
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| How do batteries make energy? |
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| How does your body make electricity? |
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| By static electricity when certain materials rub together. |
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| Raindrops in clouds rub together |
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| 2 safest places to be during lightning? |
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| Worst place to be during lightning? |
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| What is one cause of a power outage? |
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| Lightning striking a power line |
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| Is it ever ok to touch a power line? |
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| Don't be stupid....you could die. Call 911 if you see one. |
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| What is an example of electricity flowing through your body? |
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| Signals from your brain tell your heart when to beat. |
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| What are other materials power plants can use to make energy? |
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| Waterfalls, sunlight and windmills. These don't pollute the air. |
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| What type of electricity do spacecraft use? |
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| What happens if you plug too many thing in at your house? |
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| The circuit could overload and you will need to either change a fuse or flip the circuit breaker. |
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| What did Benjamin Franklin invent to prevent lightning fires? |
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| A metal rod to put on roofs so the lightning goes safely into the ground. |
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| How hot can lightning make the air? |
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| 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit |
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| When were power plants first made? |
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| Why was there a demand for more power in the 1900s? |
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| Because of the invention of radios, TVs, telephones, and computers. |
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