Hydroelectricity Vocabulary Review SNC1W

A channel for the water to run off when there is too much water behind the dam.

• floodgate
• spillway
• drainage pipe
• water reservoir

Where water is collected and stored behind a dam.

• Aquifer
• Pond
• Reservoir
• Lake

A wall or barrier built to hold back water.

• fence
• bridge
• canal
• dam

A building that contains the equipment needed to produce electricity

• Solar farm
• Wind turbine
• Power Station

• Hydroelectric dam

Having to do with water.

• Terrestrial
• Hydro

• Aerial
• Subterranean

A machine for producing electricity from fast-flowing water

• Hydroelectric generator
• Geothermal plant
• Wind turbine
• Solar panel

A special kind of water wheel

• windmill
• turbine
• paddlewheel
• mill

Wires which carry electricity

• Resistors
• Semiconductors
• Transmission lines

• Insulators

Continuous process where water moves between the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land

• Water cycle
• Ocean currents
• Atmospheric circulation
• Hydrological cycle

Of unlimited supply, constantly being replaced

• water

• gold
• renewable

• electricity