POWER GENERATION BASIC

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable energy sources

• Non-Renewable energy sources

Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.

• renewable

• non-renewable

__________is the energy generated from the sun by using solar panels.

• solar

• heat

• sun

• electrical

__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Hydro

• Wind

Hydropower 

• has no construction costs

• uses a nonrenewable resource

• can be built in any location

• produces no air pollution

Which is an advantage of installing solar panels?

• Reduced amount of air polllution

• High cost to install

• Number of cloudy days

• Use of nonrenewable resources

Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal - What do these items have in common?

• They are examples of inexhaustible energy resources.

• They are examples of energy resources that do not cause pollution.

• They are examples of renewable energy resources.

• They are examples of nonrenewable energy resources.

What is the best description for a nonrenewable resource?

• a resource that can be used many times

• a resource that is very expensive to mine compared to renewable resources

• solar, wind, and geothermal are all examples of nonrenewable resources

• a resource that cannot be replaced naturally and reused again

Which of the following is not a negative to using hydroelectric power

• siltation occurs behind the dam

• fish are not able to migrate upstream

• creates air pollution

• reservoirs impact the surrounding environment