A circuit in a home provides power to a light fixture. The homeowners want to use a compact fluorescent bulb instead of an incandescent bulb. Compact fluorescent bulbs can produce as much light as incandescent bulbs but with less energy. How is this possible?(1 point)

Question

Fluorescent bulbs produce other forms of energy, too, including heat.
Fluorescent bulbs produce other forms of energy, too, including heat.

Incandescent bulbs produce other forms of energy, too, including heat.
Incandescent bulbs produce other forms of energy, too, including heat.

Fluorescent bulbs have been designed to put out more energy than they receive.
Fluorescent bulbs have been designed to put out more energy than they receive.

Energy is destroyed when it passes through an incandescent bulb.

Answer 1

The correct explanation for how compact fluorescent bulbs can produce as much light as incandescent bulbs while using less energy is that fluorescent bulbs produce other forms of energy, too, including heat.

Incandescent bulbs primarily generate light by heating a filament, which also results in a lot of heat waste. In contrast, compact fluorescent bulbs use a different mechanism that is more efficient, producing light through a chemical reaction that emits less heat and therefore uses less overall energy to provide the same amount of light.