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Name all the energy transfers that occur to make a solar-powered traffic light work (name what generates the energy, and what kind of energy it turns to):
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Name all the energy transfers that occur to make a solar-powered traffic light work (name what generates the energy, and what kind of energy it turns to):

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Solar cells transfer energy from the photons in sunlight to the electrons in the solar cell. The more photons of sunlight absorbed by the solar cell, the greater the electric current.
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