Reading 8.2 – Solar Power Plants

In class, you are investigating how light can be used to

____________ water.

• heat

• cool

• add to

• subtract from

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Light can be used to generate ____________, which can generate electricity.

• steam

• rainbows

• pride

• limits

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Almost all of the electricity that people use to light lamps, to keep food cold in refrigerators,or to watch television is generated by a machine called a steam ___________.

• car

• turbine

• motor boat

• fiber

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A steam turbine is a machine with giant fan blades inside. When the fan blades turn, the machine uses the turning motion to generate ___________________.

• steam

• respect

• electricity

• gas

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Why are not American's roofs crammed with more solar panels? 

• They are ugly.
• They are uninformed.
• Expensive start-up cost
• People enjoy paying bills. 

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The drawback(s) of solar energy is/are...

• expensive start-up costs

• the sun doesn't always shine

• hard to look at (ugly)

• all of the above

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Which of the following show the steps of transforming solar energy?

• Collection, turbine, electricity, generator, boiling water, steam

• Boiling water, turbine, generator, steam, electricity

• Collection,boiling water, steam, turbine, generator, electricity

• Turbine, steam, boiling water, collection, generator, electricity

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This reading introduces the concept that light carries energy, and this energy is transferred to an object when it absorbs light. The transferred energy is responsible for making things

happen like spinning, heating, electricity, or even growth in plants.

• true

• false

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Most of the electricity generated in the United States is produced by coal power plants, which burn coal to heat water until it becomes steam.

• true

• false

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A ___________ power tower uses thousands of mirrors to reflect light from the sun to a tower that holds water.

• candy

• solar

• coal

• wood

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