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Electricity

Electricity. PS7.3.3 Identify methods of producing electricity relative to Arkansas. How is electricity made in Arkansas?. What is nuclear energy?. Nuclear energy is released when an atom is split The energy is released in the form of heat This heat boils water to make steam

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Electricity

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  1. Electricity PS7.3.3 Identify methods of producing electricity relative to Arkansas

  2. How is electricity made in Arkansas?

  3. What is nuclear energy? • Nuclear energy is released when an atom is split • The energy is released in the form of heat • This heat boils water to make steam • The steam turns wheels, called turbines, that make electricity

  4. Arkansas Electricity Sources

  5. 47% Coal • In 1887, the Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad was built from Fort Smith to Greenwood (a length of eighteen miles). There was a time when Greenwood shipped as many as 150,000 tons of coal

  6. Coal Mining in Arkansas today • http://www.atu.edu/acad/mining/people/misk/Coal%20mine%20permitting.htm

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