APES Unit 6 Review

Which of the following is the major use for coal?

• Transportation

• Electricity production

Which type of coal has the most energy?

• Bituminous

• Peat

• Anthracite

• Lignite

How do hydroelectric power plants generate electricity?

• By converting mechanical energy into electrical energy

• By harnessing wind energy

• By using solar panels

• By burning fossil fuels

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

An advantage of hydroelectric power station.

• It produces thermal pollution

• Only a few dams have been built

• They produce no carbon dioxide when making electricity

• They are cheap to build

What is one one disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?

• It doesn't work if you don't have volcanoes nearby.

• It doesn't work if it is not windy.

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

• It doesn't work unless you have plenty of fossil fuels.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Which type of renewable energy is used the most?

• geothermal energy

• hydropower

• nuclear power

• solar energy

What moves through a conductor in the fuel cell to provide electricity?

• neutrons
• electrons

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

In a hydrogen fuel cell, free electrons create electricity.

• True
• False

The energy we use to function in our everyday lives can be classified as...

• Renewable or non-renewable

• Natural or non-renewable

• Renewable and Natural

• All of them

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels
• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
  
• Solar energy recharges batteries
• All of them

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3