Energy Production Review

Coal, natural gas, and oil all produce energy. How?

• They are burned to produce heat
• Their weight causes a turbine to spin
• They undergo nuclear fission
• They power solar panels

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Water and wind can produce energy. How?

• They are burned to produce heat
• Their movement causes a turbine to spin
• They undergo nuclear fission
• They power solar panels

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Which device converts mechanical energy to electrical energy?

• Turbine
• Transformer
• Generator
• Solar Cell

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 What is the giant fan that turns the generator called? 

• electromagnet 
• turbine 
• transformer
• boiler

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This device increases or decreases the voltage of the electricity

• Turbine
• Generator
• Battery
• Transformer

Electricity is the flow of _________.

• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons

What is a non-renewable resource?

• a resource that is not used up or can be very quickly replenished
• a resource that can not be replenished within a human lifetime

What is a renewable resource?

• a resource that is not used up or can be very quickly replenished
• a resource that can not be replenished within a human lifetime

What is missing from this process of making energy?
1. Fuel is burned and heats water turning it to steam.
2. __________________
3. Turbine turns the Generator.
4. Generator makes electricity.

• Steam turns the generator.
• Steam turns to water again.
• Steam turns the turbine.
• Steam turns the transformer.

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• coal
• natural gas
• oil
• biomass