Renewable Resources Review

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and garbage to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

This energy source requires the movement of water

• hydro
• biomass
• geothermal
• solar

This renewable energy source requires a sunny climate.

• Solar
• Hydro
• Wind
• Geothermal

Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of 

• Energy
• Biomass
• Heat
• Nuclear waste

What is one disadvantage of using wind power?

• It is renewable

• The wind is everywhere

• It is not always windy

What is one disadvantage of using water power?

• Dams are expensive to build

• It creates a lot of electricity

• It is renewable

Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...

• they are expensive

• they are not powerful

• they don't create much pollution

Which energy source contributes to air pollution?

• hydropower
• solar
• geothermal
• biomass

Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...

• Hydropower
• Wind Energy
• Geothermal Energy
• Solar Energy

TRUE OR FALSE: In order for energy to be created inside a nuclear power plant, nuclear fission must take place.

• True

• False