Lesson 3: Producing Electric Current

3. it is derived from the energy of the sun.
7. the flow of electrical power or charge is called ....
10. they are the most producer of the electricity in the United States.
13. it converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
14. a device that does work or performs a job.
16. in 2007, it was used to fuel 21.6% of the nation's electricity.
17. he discovered that when a magnet is moved inside a coil of wire, electrical current flows in the wire.

1. a method in which steam is produced by heating water through a process called nuclear fission.
2. a battery produces it.
4. nuclear power is a ...... source of electricity
5. before electricity generation began 100 years ago, it was used to lit houses.
6. it a process in which water is used to spin a turbine connected to a generator.
8. it is used by a typical generator at a power plant.
9. everything in the universe is made of this.
11. moving magnetic fields can pull and push them.
12. it includes wood, municipal solid waste (garbage), and agricultural waste, such as cobs and wheat straw.
15. can be transmitted over much greater distances than direct current.