How Electricity Is Generated

This quiz has 16 questions covering how electricity is made and how it moves through wires. You pick the right ending for prompts like Volt is a unit of ... or Static electricity can be produced by .... It is a good fit for students who are starting to learn about electric current, conductors, and charged particles. One thing that surprises a lot of people here is that a regular light bulb gives off light only because the thin filament inside gets hot enough to glow. Expect a mix of physics basics and power station facts.

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Question 1

Static electricity can be produced by

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In a turbine generator electrical energy is produced from

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Approximately when did the first power stations appear?

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Electric wires normally

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Two positively charged particles

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What type of electric current is most commonly used to transmit electricity?

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A positive and a negative particles

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What material is not normally used to produce electricity?

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Electric motors normally

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The electric bulb emits light because

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Electrical current is carried in the wires by

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Electrical current is produced at

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Electrical current is better conducted by

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Two negatively charged particles

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Electric generators normally

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Volt is a unit of

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