TCI Electricity

BriAnna's family is installing solar panels on their roof. Solar panels use energy from the sun to create electricity. BriAnna's father is curious about what time of year they can expect to get the most electricity out of their solar panels. BriAnna shows him the chart below. Which of the following months can BriAnna and her father expect to see the most electricity from their solar panels?

• January, February, and March

• September, October, November

• April May June

• May, June and July

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What is an electric current?

• a mix of heat and sound

• a collision of objects

• a group of magnets

• a flow of electric charges

__________ is the interaction between electric charges

• electricity

• turbine

• generator

• electric current

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To transfer energy carried by light to an electric current, you need a _____

• turbine

• geberator

• battery

• solar cell

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In a speaker, an electric current moves a cone-shaped part, which

• turns a motor

• transfers energy to air

• recharges a battery

• lights a filament

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A device that uses an electric current to produce motion is called a _

• motor

• turbine

• solar cell

• generator

Jeremiah receives this remote control car as a gift. Based on evidence in the photo, where does the car’s motor MOST LIKELY get its energy from?

• steam

• batteries

• solar cell

• electrical outlet

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Emmanuel is filling a pot of water to make pasta. Emmanuel’s grandmother turns on the burner. Look at the photograph. Which of the following BEST explains how the pan warms up?

• The energy lost by the electric current becomes light that warms the pan.

• The energy lost by electric current becomes heat that warms the pan.

• The energy lost by the electric current becomes light that cools the pan.

• The energy lost by the electric current becomes heat that cools the pan.

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An electric current happens when

• opposite charges come together.

• like charges move in the same direction.

• like charges move apart from each other.

• opposite charges move in the same direction.

A solar cell transfers energy from

• heat to light

• motion to light

• light to electric current

• heat to electric current

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