Alternative Energy

Which one of these is considered non-renewable?

• Wind power
• Hydroelectric power
• Nuclear Power
• Geothermal Power

What is one of the biggest disadvantages to wind turbines?

• They're big
• They can interfere with bird migration
• They're expensive
• It takes a long time to put one up and then maintain it

What is one of the biggest benefits of using Metrorail?

• Each rider's carbon footprint is smaller
• There are no emissions associated with it
• Since they're faster than a car, it means less CO2 given off
• It's safer for riders

What is the fuel source for most nuclear reactions?

• Coal

• Oil
• Natural gas
• Uranium

Which of these is NOT an advantage of solar heating systems?

• It only takes a few of the small solar panels to heat a large house
• They can be relatively inexpensive
• They lower your electric bill

One of the biggest benefits of tidal and wave power is--

• that it's available almost anywhere
• that it's reliable
• that
  it's new technology so it's pretty inexpensive to install
• that it provides about 20% of Virginia's electricity

What makes food in the microwave heat up?

• an electric current
• hot air
• sound waves
• electromagnetic waves

The Hoover Dam provides--

• geothermal electricity
• hydroelectricity
• kinetic electricity
• thermal electricity

Is the Uber system of transportation better or worse for the environment than a taxi system?

• better
• worse

Hybrid cars reduce your carbon footprint because-

• they use two motors

• they never use gas
• they only use gas part of the time
• they use a different kind of gas