Human Impact and Alternative Energy Review

All of the following are examples of renewable resources except _____. 

• hydroelectric
• photovoltaic
• wind turbines
• Natural Gas

________ are traceable back to green plants that convert sunlight into plant material through photosynthesis.

• Biomass
• leaves
• stems
• roots

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. 

_____ uses dams to turn flowing water into electricity.

• hydropower
• tidal power
• biomass
• nuclear

Hydropower uses _________ to turn turbines that run generators.

• steam
• moving water
• uranium
• tides

When does a nuclear power plant create energy?

• when uranium is added

• when water is added

• when steam turns a turbine

• when heat is added

What is produced by a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell?

• Water and Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water

What do you call the process of drilling and injecting fluid into a ground at a high pressure in order to break or fracture the shale rocks to release natural gas inside?

• Drilling

• Fracking

• Perforation

• Sedimentation

What is desertification?

• Land is gradually turned into a desert, usually on the edges of an existing desert.

• Area of desert with low precipitation

• The process of turning an cake into a dessert

• Area at risk of high precipitation

What do wind turbines, hydro electric dams, and ethanol plants have in common

• All produce electrical current without pollution

• All use generators to produce electrical current

• All convert gravitational potential energy to electric current

• All convert thermal energy to electrical energy