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Electricity Video Questions

Part 1-
1.) How does a television signal travel from a camera at the race track to your television
at home?

2.) How/why is a digital signal better than an analog?

3.) Who was the scientist that experimented with lightning and electricity?

4.) How is the heat and light from a lightning bolt created?

5.) How does the electrodynamic tether system create electricity?

6.) Why/ how does Spider (the power line worker) not get hurt when working on the
power line?

7.) What kills a person, high Voltage or high Amps (Current)?

8.) How does electricity get produced at Hoover Dam?

9.) What is direct current?

10.) What is alternating current?

Part 2-
1.) How does a light bulb make light?

2.) How is fluorescent lighting different from a light bulb?

3.) What triggers the heart to squeeze?

4.) How does Bob control his bionic arm?

5.) What is a photovoltaic cell?

6.) What is the relationship between electricity and magnetism?

7.) What is the most common electricity generation method in the U.S.? Why is this
method a problem?