Question

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)
Responses

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.

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

Energy is destroyed when it passes through an incandescent bulb.
Energy is destroyed when it passes through an incandescent bulb.

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

Answer 1

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

Explanation: Incandescent bulbs waste much of the electrical energy as heat, while compact fluorescent bulbs convert a larger fraction of the input energy into visible light, so they give the same light output using less energy.