Note-taking sheet for the movie Electricity and Magnetism: Generating Electricity

1. Most of the electricity we use is generated in ____________________. At a power plant, giant generators made of coils of _______________ and magnetic fields produce electric current. A generator is composed of a coil of wire spinning in a magnetic field, or a ________________ spinning inside a coil of wire.

2. The movie shows a girl turning a hand generator. She is using _____________ energy from the food she ate to produce _________________ energy in the spinning shaft. The mechanical energy is changed to _______________ energy and current begins to flow.

3. Many power plants use nonrenewable sources of energy called ____________________. Some examples are _________, petroleum, and _________________.

4. A nuclear power plant uses energy from splitting atoms to power its generators.

5. Sunlight can be used to power a ____________________ and produce electric current. A solar cell converts _____________ into electrical energy.

6. A wind turbine is powered by the wind. The turbine shaft spins copper ___________ in a _________________ field and electricity is produced.

7. At a hydroelectric dam, energy from generators is produced by ___________________.

8. Geothermal energy is heat energy obtained from within the ____________. It is usually found near areas of _____________activity.