Energy and Electricity

What is energy?

• A type of food

• Something that makes things heavy

• The ability to do work or cause a change

Answer explanation

Energy is the ability to do work or cause a change. It comes in various forms such as kinetic energy, potential energy, and thermal energy

What do we call the path that an electric current follows from the power source and back again?

What is the main source of energy for most of the electricity in homes and buildings?

What is the process of producing electricity from the energy of flowing water called?

• Hydroelectric power

• Solar power

• Wind power

What is the process of using the suns energy to generate electricity called?

• Photosynthesis

• Solar power generation

• Solar heating

What is a renewable resource?

• It is not easy to restore

• It’s easy to restore/replenish

• It can never be restored again

Wires are like the paths that electricity flows through.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable energy source?

• Wind

• Geothermal

• Natural gas

What is a closed circuit?

• Something is disconnected and energy cannot flow through all the way

• Electricity can flow through because everything is connected, it is like a loop

• It does not need electricity and wires to work

What is electricity?