53% of the USA’s electricity sources come from coal, 16%from gas turbine power plants, 21% from nuclear power plants, 7% from hydroelectric turbines, 2% from oil, and 1% from solar power.

A steam power plant is where coal, petroleum, or biomass are burned to create steam which goes into the turbine turns the copper wire creating an electric current.

A geothermal power plant is a steam power plant. Steam comes out of the ground and goes into a turbine, powering it and making it spin. After the steam is done spinning the turbine it is re-injected into the ground.

A gas turbine power plant is a plant where fuels are burnt to create hot gasse

In a hydroelectric turbine flowing or falling water pushes against the turbines blades causing an electric current.

A nuclear power plant where nuclear reactions are used to create warm water which turns into steam and powers a turbine making an electric current.

A generator produces electricity. A generator is a machine that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.

IN 600 BC a mathematician named Thales discovered that when you rubbed amber together with animal fur it attached light objects such as straw. But in the 1500’s William Gilbert discovered that amber was not the only object that made that occur, he discovered that diamonds, sapphire, glass, resin, and many more substances did the same thing. This discovery is known today as static electricity.

In a wind turbine the wind pushes against the turbines blades causing the rotor to spin making an electric current.

Electrical charges are measured in coulombs. Charles Augustine de Coulomb invented the coulomb. He was a French engineer who was also involved in structural design, fortifications, soil mechanics, and many oth

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