Stay Safe Around Electricity

How Electricity Gets to Us

Directions: Use the words in the box at the bottom of the page to complete the story. The first letter is filled in for each word to help you get started.

Electricity is a form of energy that is produced at a p ______ _______.

P _____ ______ on tall towers carry very high voltages of electricity over long distances to s __________ where t _______________reduce the voltage (strength).

Then electricity travels over smaller power lines

to t ______________ on poles and on the ground, where the voltage is reduced again so we can use it safely.

Finally, electricity flows through wires into our h ________ and to o __________________ , where it waits to be used.

H omes P ower L ines T ransformers S ubstations P ower P lant O utlets

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