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Electrical & Natural Gas Safety World Video

Episode 1 – Electricity Basics

Study Sheet

Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.

  1. Which of these carries electricity from power plants to substations?



  3. Unless it’s interrupted, electricity flows in a closed path called


  4. Electricity is always looking for the easiest path to the



 

Episode 2 – Conductors & Insulators

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Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.


  2. An example of an insulator, which does not allow electricity to flow through it easily is


  3. An example of a good conductor that allows electricity to flow through it easily is




 

Episode 3 – Outdoor Electrical Safety

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Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.




  4. What number should you call before you dig?


  5. Ladders and long tools should be kept at least how far away from power lines?


 

Episode 4 – Indoor Electrical Safety

Study Sheet

Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.

  1. If you contact electricity in your home you could be killed.




  5. Which of the following is not an electrical hazard?


 

Episode 5 – Fallen Power Lines

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Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.

  1. If a power line falls on your car, you are safe in the car and you should stay there until you are told to get out by



  3. Why should you land with your feet together and shuffle away when you are leaving a car with a power line on it?


  4. When leaving a car with a power line on it, it is safe to touch the car and the ground at the same time.
  5. If you see a fallen power line anywhere, do NOT


 

Episode 6 – Natural Gas Basics

Study Sheet

Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.

  1. Which of the following is not true about natural gas:



  4. Which of the following is an important safety precaution around natural gas?


  5. What could happen if paint thinner or other flammable liquids were to spill near a natural gas water heater or stove?      
     

 

Episode 7 – Gas Pipeline Safety

Study Sheet

Directions: Fill in the blank or select the correct answer for each question.

  1. When should you call 811?    
      

  2. What does the 811 service do?



  4. Which of the following is okay to use near a gas leak?   
     

  5. If you smell a gas leak in your home, you should


 

Study Sheet Answer Key

Episode 1 – Electricity Basics

  1. b) transmission lines.
  2. A substation reduces the strength of high-voltage electricity.
  3. b) a circuit.
  4. d) ground.
  5. If you touch a circuit in which electricity is flowing, electricity will travel through you to the ground and give you a serious or fatal shock.

Episode 2 – Conductors & Insulators

  1. Bare electrical wires are dangerous because there is no insulating material protecting you from the electricity in the circuit. If you touch a bare wire, you could be shocked.
  2. a) the plastic-like coating on power cords.
  3. c) water.
  4. The human body is a good conductor of electricity because the body is more than 60% water and water is an excellent conductor.
  5. If you overload an outlet with too many plugs it could cause a fire.

Episode 3 – Outdoor Electrical Safety

  1. It is unsafe to touch the string of a kite that is caught on a power line because the electricity in the line could use the string, the kite, and you as its path to the ground, and you could get shocked.
  2. Before climbing any tree, look all around the tree to make sure there are no power lines running near it.
  3. It is unsafe to climb into a substation because contacting the equipment inside could shock or kill you.
  4. c) 811.
  5. a) 10 feet.

Episode 4 – Indoor Electrical Safety

  1. True.
  2. Removing stuck toast from a plugged-in toaster with a metal fork is dangerous because the fork could act as a conductor for the electricity in the toaster, and you could be shocked.
  3. Balancing a plugged-in blow dryer on the edge of a full bathtub is dangerous because if the dryer falls in, it will energize the water and create a major shock hazard.
  4. A power cord that is under a rug could get stepped on a lot. This would damage the cord insulation and cause a shock or fire hazard.
  5. c) removing stuck toast from an unplugged toaster.

Episode 5 – Fallen Power Lines

  1. b) utility workers.
  2. The safest way to exit a car with a power line on it is to jump as far away from the car and the power line as you can. Do not touch the car and the ground at the same time. Land with your feet together and shuffle at least 20 yards away.
  3. d) If your feet remain together your legs cannot form a circuit with the electricity in the ground.
  4. False.
  5. b) touch it.

Episode 6 – Natural Gas Basics

  1. b) it is produced in electric power plants.   
  2. A natural gas leak smells like rotten eggs. (Students might also describe this odor as sulfur-like.)
    If you sme
  3. ll a gas leak in or around your home, leave and call your gas utility from a safe location.
  4. c) don't put flammable items near the stove or water heater.
  5. c) it could cause an explosion or fire.

Episode 7 – Gas Pipeline Safety

  1. d) when you are planning a digging project.
  2. b) they arrange for local utilities to mark buried lines.
  3. The signs of a natural gas leak include the following: a smell of rotten eggs; a hissing or roaring sound; dirt being blown into the air; continual bubbling in water; grass or plants that are dead or dying for no apparent reason.
  4. d) none of the above
  5. c) go to a neighbor's to call your gas utility.

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