Energy Resources Advantages and Disadvantages

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​Renewable Energy Resources Guided Lesson

Poll

What type of energy resource do you think is powering all the energy you are using at home? School?

• Wind Energy

• Solar Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Nuclear Power

• Hydropower

Lesson Objective

Multiple Choice

Renewable energy resources...

• produce very little waste products and can be replenished in a relatively short amount of time

• exist in a limited supply and are used up faster than they can be replaced

Multiple Choice

What issue did the Simpsons keep running into with using a wind turbine to supply electricity?

• The wind turbine didnt work unless it was sunny

• The wind turbine required gasoline to work

• The wind turbine would not supply power unless there was wind

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the Game System Lisa and Bart were playing?

• Wii

• Zii

• Nintendo

• Playstation

Multiple Choice

Wind Energy converts

• Mechanical Energy to electrical energy

• Potential Energy to Wind Energy

• Electrical energy to mechanical energy

Multiple Choice

What do we call large areas with MANY windmills/turbines?

• Wind farms

• Hurricanes

• Cooling Towers

• Wind tunnels

Multiple Choice

Geothermal energy is created when

• water heated by magma produces steam that can generate electricity

• when wind blows and creates electricity

• when electricity trapped in undergroud caves is pumped out

Multiple Choice

One benefit of geothermal energy is that ________________________________.

• a plant can be built ANYWHERE

• It uses the heat from the sun

• it can provide power 24 hours a day

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Multiple Choice

What is the main reason solar power is not more widely used currenty?

• They are dangerous to ecoysytems

• They emit greenhouse gases

• Expensive start-up cost

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of using hydropower?

• They are efficient

• Kills wild bird population

• Can hurt fish populations

• They produce large amounts of greenhouse gases

Multiple Choice

What is biomass?

• Recently living organing matter that is burned for useful energy

• A fossil fuel

• a nonrenewable resource

Multiple Choice

This is the most widely used type of renewable energy that comes from harnessing the mechanical energy of moving water

• Coal

• Hydroelectric Power

• Wind Energy

Multiple Choice

Flowing water is renewable because it.......

• is healty to drink

• will run out faster than it can be replaced

• can be replaced constantly

Multiple Choice

Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...

• Hydropower

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

Multiple Choice

__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.

• Solar

• Geothermal

• Nucler

Multiple Choice

This Picture Represents Which Type of Alternative Energy use

• Wind

• Solar

• Geothermal

Multiple Choice

What is one disadvantage of Wind Energy?

• They work under water

• They only work when it is Sunny outside

• They cause pollution

• Birds can fly into them

Multiple Select

Which of the following are advantages of wind power? (Pick 2)

• No air pollution/ emmisions

• Efficient and Cheap to produce

• Unlimited supply of wind

• Easy to transport