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WorksheetsHydropower
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Hydropower?
a)
Power from fossil fuels
b)
Power from wind mills
c)
Power from Water currents
d)
Power from Dams
2.
Where is the biggest hydro plant in the United States? (Hint: It's at a dam)
a)
Grand Coulee Dam
b)
A Dam
c)
Hoover Dam
d)
Dam Daniel
3.
What is the percentage of electricity made in Washington State is made out of hydroelectric ?
a)
Under 70%
b)
Over 70%
c)
None
d)
All of it
4.
How is Hydropower produced?
a)
they got water from the dams and separated the energy from the water
b)
Water flows through a turbine, spinning it, which in turn activates a generator to produce electricity.
5.
How long has humans captured hydropower?
a)
Since 2000
b)
1900
c)
Thousands of years
d)
I don't know yet
6.
Where is the Grand Coulee Dam located? (Specifically)
a)
Columbia river in Northern Washington State
b)
Nevada
c)
Washington State
7.
What does a hydroelectric power plant use?
a)
A dam on a river to restore water in a reservoir
b)
Water currents
c)
Water
8.
What is one drawback of this type of energy?
a)
Money
b)
People
c)
The high cost of Dam construction
9.
What is one benefit to this energy?
a)
once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate
b)
Water
c)
Better energy
10.
How does this energy pollution to water?
a)
here would also be a fish loss or modification of fish
b)
reservoir and stream water
c)
there is no water pollution
11.
What is the energy source we have?
a)
Wind power
b)
Biomass
c)
Solar energy
d)
Hydro electricity
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