Power Plants

Are located in hilly areas where dams can be built and large water reservoir can be obtained.

• Thermal Power plant

• Hydropower plant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• Renewable

• Non-Renewable

Energy transfer when fuel is burnt in a thermal power station.

• Kinetic energy to heat

• chemical energy to heat

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Name the type of power station,

chemical-->heat-->kinetic-->electrical

• Nuclear power plant

• Thermal power plant

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Name the type of power station.

• Thermal power plant

• Hydro power plant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Uses Uranium in _______ power station.

• hydro power plant

• nuclear power plant

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What happens when water flows through a dam?

• falling water turns a turbine

• electricity is generated

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Hydropower is a renewable resource.

• true

• false

What do you call the area where water is stored behind a dam?

• reservoir

• water bodies

What allows water to flow through a dam?

• The water is released from a higher elevation to a lower elevation.

• The water is released from a river to a reservoir.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4