Review Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation

1. Norway gets the vast majority of its electricity from ___________________ power.

• geothermal
• hydropower
• Wind power
• Solar power

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Norway’s energy transition?

• It took 70 years for Norway to transition away from fossil fuels.
• Norway built underground pipelines to transport water down its mountains.
• Norway built a massive system of dams to take advantage of its water resources.
• Norway gets 99% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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3. Two of the world's largest growing populations who will increase the worldwide demand for electricity and transportation are

• Nigeria and Kenya
• United States and Germany
• China and India
• Canada and England

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4. The source of biofuels which are an alternative to oil is

• Plants
• Fungi
• Old growth trees
• Bacteria

7. Iceland gets half their energy from _________________.

• Hydropower
• Geothermal
• Solar
• Wind

8. Geothermal power

• Is heat from the Earth that can be used to generate electricity
• Is remarkably clean
• Does not require any chemicals to produce
• Is regional, meaning it only works in certain locations where the geography of the land is appropriate
• All of these statements about geothermal power are true

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9. Compared with fossil fuels solar energy is

• a relatively new or young technology
• available in all regions
• affordable in all regions
• an older technology than fossil fuels

10. The following medium can be used to store heat produced by large solar plants for use later to turn water into steam in order to generate electricity:

• Batteries
• Molten lava
• Molten salt
• Mirrors

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11. Like wind, solar power is ______________________, or not always available.

• Intermittent
• Constant
• Flexible

12. The following statements is NOT true about wind power

• Has no carbon dioxide emissions
• Fast to install
• It produces a lot of Carbon Dioxide emissions

• scalable in size