WorksheetsGeothermal Energy Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 7mins
Is a type of renewable energy taken from the Earth’s core
Geothermal energy
Geothermal power
Geothermal power plant
Geothermal scanner
________ charged a dollar each for using a wooden tub with three spring-fed baths, in 1830
Klay Thompson
Eve Thompson
Asa Thompson
Peter Thompson
In_____, the Geysers were turned into a spa known as The Geysers Resort Hotel.
1892
1864
1852
1807
Who developed the first ground-source heat pump?
J. D. Krocker
Carl Nielsen
Prince Piero Ginori Conti
John Colter
It is similar to hot springs that it releases hot water from the earth’s crust.
Mud pots
Geysers
Magma
Fumarole
Direct Use and District Heating Systems which use _____ water from springs or reservoirs near the surface.
Hot
Warm
Cold
Pot
Geothermal power is considered a form of (a) (USE UPPERCASE)
it uses hot water or steam, directed to a steam turbine either on an indirect or direct basis
Hydrothermal
Deep geothermal systems or hot dry rocks (HDR)
heat exchanger
Geothermal heat pumps (GHP)
The following are advantages of geothermal energy except
High Costs
No Fuel Required
Sustainable / Stable
Renewable
The following are disadvantages of geothermal energy except
Reliable
Earthquakes
Environmental Side Effects
Location Restricted
Geothermal power plants use hydrothermal resources which have two common ingredients:
Sinigang mix and knorr cube
Air and heat
Fossil fuel and water
Water and heat
Geothermal power plant, wells are drilled (a) miles deep into the Earth to pump steam or hot water to the surface.
The steam spins a turbine, which is connected to a (a) (USE UPPERCASE) that produces electricity.
The oldest type of Geothermal Power Plants is (a) (USE UPPERCASE)
Use the heat from the hot water to boil a working fluid, usually an organic compound with a low boiling point
Dry Steam
Flash steam power plants
Binary cycle plants
The steam cools off in a cooling tower and _____ back to water
evaporates
condenses
discharge
In order to maintain the sustainability of geothermal energy fluid needs to be pumped back into the underground reservoirs _____ than it is depleted.
faster
slower
Geothermal energy also runs the risk of triggering (a) (USE UPPERCASE)
The first geothermal power plant was invented by
Carl Nielsen
K. D. Krocker
Prince Piero Ginori Conti
John Colter
The people in Boise, Idaho, experienced the first _______ system of the world.
district heating
heating
cooling
geothermal heat
California has ___ geothermal power plants that produce almost 90 percent of the nation's geothermal electricity.
33
35
34
32
Geothermal plants use ______ to clean the air of hydrogen sulfide that is naturally found in the steam and hot water.
venting system
scrubber systems
heater systems
extensive coil system
It is a heat pump that uses the earths thermal capacity as an energy source to add heat to a system or as an energy sink to cool a system
Geothermal heat pumps (GHP)
Hydrothermal
Deep geothermal systems or hot dry rocks (HDR)
Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near (a) (USE UPPERCASE) active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at spreading centers, ocean basins, and hotspots.
Mud pots are typical to areas with highly ____ pH levels combined with low water conditions.
acidic
acidity
acid
