9. What is one advantage of geothermal energy from the options below?

Geothermal energy makes no pollution.

Geothermal energy works everywhere on Earth.

Geothermal energy relies on the power of the sun.

What is one advantage of wind energy out of the choices below?

Wind turbines only create air pollution

What is geothermal energy?

Energy collected using the heat of the Earth

Energy made by wind spinning a turbine

Energy collected by a hamster running on a wheel connected to a generator

What is an advantage of geothermal energy?

It produces little to no pollution

How do geothermal power stations work

Cold water is pumped down and the cold water meets the hot water from inside the earth to produce steam to power turbines then creating electricity !

Cold water is heated up and the water power turbines under the water and turns it into electricity!

The hot water from inside the earth meets cold air and produces condensation which powers the turbines and turns it into electricity!

What isn’t a challenge when dealing with geothermal energy?

There are to many power plants already

The process that produces power is finite

How is energy harnessed from geothermal plants?

Hot water from under ground is turned into steam which turns turbine

The heat energy is captured and turned into electricity directly

Suns rays are captured and turned into energy

Lava under the earths core is harnessed and converted to energy

geothermal energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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1. What is it called when you generate electricity with a dam and water?

Geothermal Energy

Hydroelectric energy

Radiation energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2. What is it called when humans generate electricity by using the heat of the Earth?

Geothermal Energy

Hydroelectric Energy

Radiation Energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

3. What is a generator?

A machine that creates radiation.

A machine that turns mechanical into electrical energy.

A type of wind energy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4. Which of the following is one of the disadvantages of geothermal energy?

Geothermal energy only works on windy days.

Geothermal energy doesn't work everywhere since you need a volcano nearby.

Geothermal does not work if there are no rivers or moving water nearby.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5. What is one one disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?

It does not work if you don't have volcanoes nearby.

It doesn't work if the it is not windy.

It doesn't work if you don't have rivers or moving water nearby.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6. This form of electrical energy generating is called...

Hydroelectric

Geothermal

Wind

Non-Renewable

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7. Fossil fuels are considered....

Non-renewable

Renewable

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geothermal energy

110 questions

1. What is it called when you generate electricity with a dam and water?

2. What is it called when humans generate electricity by using the heat of the Earth?

3. What is a generator?

4. Which of the following is one of the disadvantages of geothermal energy?

5. What is one one disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?

6. This form of electrical energy generating is called...

7. Fossil fuels are considered....

8. Which fossil fuel is made of old trees and plants from long ago?

9. What is one advantage of geothermal energy from the options below?

10. Out of the choices below, which form of energy makes the most pollution?

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