Alternative Energy Resources

Ch 18.1: Renewable Energy Resources

Open Ended

List two forms of renewable energy:

Multiple Choice

When sun shines into a room and heats it, is and example of:

• Direct Solar Energy

• Indirect Solar Energy

Open Ended

What is the difference between ACTIVE and PASSIVE heating?

Multiple Choice

How is energy stored when the sun is not shining?

• Batteries

• It's not stored

• Holding cells

Open Ended

What are two benefits to using hydroelectric dams?

Multiple Select

Check all that apply: Which of the following are disadvantages of hydroelectric dams?

• If there is flooding, people are displaced

• Sediment can build up behind the dam instead of enriching the land further down the river (makes farmland less productive)

• Fisheries can be destroyed

• Dams are all good, no issues.

Open Ended

How does geothermal power plants produce energy?

Open Ended

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