Electric Circuits Quick Check

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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.

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

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

Fluorescent bulbs produce light more efficiently by using less energy for the same amount of light output compared to incandescent bulbs.

what's the answer

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