Quiz 5 Alternative Energy

______________ _____________ means the production of energy or electricity by using any alternative sources such as water, sun, heat etc.

• Global warming

• Renewable resources

• Alternative energy

• Fossil fuel

Advantages of alternative energy are :

• Low running cost

• Geological damage

• No emission of greenhouse gasses

• Risk of radiation

Alternative sources of energy includes :

• Solar

• Biomass/Biofuel

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Tidal

Solar energy is energy from the ___

Solar energy generate electricity through _____ ______

Wind energy involves the conversion of kinetic energy of the wind to electrical energy.

Wind turn ______ on large turbines to generate electricity.

Wind turbines are best installed where the wind _____ is constant and there is a continuous flow of wind.

Tidal energy is a renewable energy powered by the natural rise and fall of ocean tides and currents.

• True

• False

Geothermal energy generate electricity by using the ____ from the earth.

Biofuel is the decaying of plant or animal waste

• True

• False