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Assessment Question Bank
Secondary
Electricity and Electric Power
Knowledge
What spins around a coil of wire to make electricity?
Which energy source in the U.S. generates the most electricity?
Define electricity.
What is the molecular structure of hydrogen?
What is a fuel cell?
What are the three particles that make up all atoms and what are their charges?
What three energy sources produce the most electricity in the U.S.?
Identify how materials that have different charges react to each other.
Identify how materials that have the same charge react to each other.
Define circuit.
Define electrical load.
Define conductor.
Define insulator.
Define resistance.
Define voltage.
Define current.
What unit is used measure electrical power?
What unit is used to measure current?
What unit is used to measure voltage?
What unit is used to measure current?
What is static electricity?
The unit used to measure the size of a modern electric power plant is the kilowatt, megawatt,
gigawatt or septawatt?
Assessment Question Bank
Secondary
Electricity and Electric Power
Knowledge
Which energy source provides the U.S. with its second largest amount of electricity?
Electric companies use what unit of measure to bill their customers for energy use?
The requirements of lightbulbs and other home appliances are measured in what electrical power
unit?
How is electricity used, measured and sold?
When was the first electric power plant built?
Which energy source has experienced the largest increase in capacity in the past 25 years?
What contribution did Ben Franklin make to the understanding of electricity?
What contribution did Alessandro Volta make to the practical use of electricity?
What contribution did Michael Faraday make to the practical use of electricity?
What are the nation’s top sources of energy for the generation of electricity?
Define the payback period of an appliance.
Most of the energy lost at a thermal power plant is in what form?
How much energy is lost transporting electricity from the power plant to you?
How much energy is used to operate a power plant?
What primary sources of energy do independent power producers use to generate electricity?
How much of the nation’s electricity is presently generated by independent power producers?
What technologies do consumers use today to conserve electricity?
How much electricity is it estimated that the nation will need in 20 years?
Do PV modules produce AC or DC current?
Which type of current do most appliances use?
What device converts DC to AC current?
What is the average cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity for U.S. residential customers?
Assessment Question Bank
Secondary
Electricity and Electric Power
Knowledge
Half of U.S. electricity is produced by which energy source?
In the core of a nuclear reactor…
uranium atoms combine and give off heat.
uranium atoms are split apart and give off heat.
uranium atoms are burned and give off heat.
uranium isotopes are burned and give off heat.