5-10 IPC-Energy Resources

What type of energy resource is wind?

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable
• Exhaustible 

A large wind turbine can supply at least 350 homes - True or False?

• False
• True

What are the three parts to a wind turbine?

• tower,base,blade
• blade,tower
• blade, tower, gearbox

The wind activates the blades to spin,which activate the gearbox and the generator creating electricity.  True or False

• False
• True

What is the material that the wind blades are made of for a large scale turbine?

• wood
• fiberglass
• aluminum 
• metal

Wind farms create numerous careers - True or False?

• True
• False

Name the vocabulary word that matches this definition: Any source of energy that is limited and cannot be replaced when it is used, such as oil, coal, and natural gas.

• Exhaustible 
• Inexhaustible

These are examples of a Fossil fuel - fuels produced by deposits of ancient plants and animals 

• wind,solar,geothermal
• oil,coal,natural gas
• wind,biofuels,geothermal

Match the vocabulary word with the definition:
Greenhouse gases surround our planet, which prevents heat produced by the sun from escaping the earth’s atmosphere as easily as it once did.

• renewable resource
• nonrenewable resource
• greenhouse effect

Approximately 10% of the United States uses this type of resource. 

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable