How Energy is Produced Unit Review

Match the following

• Thermoelectric Power Plant

• 
• Wind Power Plant

• 
• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• 
• Nuclear Power Plant

• 
• Solar Power Plant

• 

Nuclear power plants do not produce air pollution at all.

• True

• False

Accidents in nuclear power plants can have terrible consequences for the environment.

• True

• False

Thermoelectric power plants are environmentally friendly.

• True

• False

Dams are built on rivers to store water.

• True

• False

Thermoelectric power is generated by the combustion of renewable resources.

• True

• False

Match the following

• a group of things arranged in a particular way

• tide

• produced by motion

• kinetic

• unwanted material left after using

• waste

• waste material from animals used as fertilizer

• array

• the regular change in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon

• manure

Reorder the following

• The voltage is increased at a step-up station.

• Electricity leaves the power plant.

• Electricity is stepped down by transformers.

• Power levels are lowered by small transformers mounted on poles and transferred to homes.

• Transmission lines carry high-voltage electricity to different substations.