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1. Nonutility power producers (companies that don’t own transmission lines) use a lot more natural gas than traditional utilities.

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Question 2

2. Most of your electric bill is from the transmission and generation of electric power, and not from its production.

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Question 3

3. Alternating current is used in homes, and direct current is used in cars.

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4. In 1900 there were as many electric cars as there were gasoline-powered cars.

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Question 5

5. Magnetic resonance imaging is made possible by superconductors.

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Question 6

6. Your house is wired in series, not parallel.

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Question 7

7. Machines that create heat use more energy than machines that create cold.

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Question 8

8. The higher the voltage in a transmission line, the cheaper it is to move energy from place to place.

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Question 9

The reason most electric lines are above ground is because they produce heat.

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Question 10

10. If you are using a compass and lightning strikes nearby, your compass needle will jump a little bit.

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Question 11

11. You body can be charged up to 500,000 Volts and still be unharmed.

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Question 12

12. Electrons travel down the outside of a wire.

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Question 13

13. Your body run on 10 milliamps of current.

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14. Resistance increases with heat.

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Question 15

15. Potential is another word for resistance.

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Question 16

16. If your car get struck by lightning, it is protected by the rubber tires.

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Question 17

17. If you plug a 60 Watt light bulb into a 120 Volt wall outlet, 2 amps of current will flow through the light bulb.

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Question 18

18. In a series circuit, all the resistors have the same current.

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Question 19

19. In a parallel circuit, all the resistors have the same current.

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Question 20

20. In any circuit, the resistor with the least resistance gets the most current.

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Question 21

21. Joules per Coulomb are the units for _____

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Question 22

22. Coulombs per Second are the units for _____

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23. Joules per Second are the units for _____

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Question 24

24. Ω is a symbol that stands for _____

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Question 25

25. Potential is measured in units of ______

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Question 26

26. Power is measured in units of _____

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Question 27

27. Resistance is measured in units of _____

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Question 28

28. Current is measured in units of _____

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Question 29

29. These “jolt” but don’t really hurt you.

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Question 30

These will hurt you, set you on fire or even kill you.

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