Natural Resources
Environmental costs
wind energy
Nuclear energy
hydro-electric energy
100
What are the 2 types of natural resources?
Renewable and Non-renewable
100
Air pollution is caused by what?
Burning fossil fuels
100
How can wind energy be captured?
By windmills
100
I Uranium a renewable or non-renewable natural resource?
It is non-renewable.
100
How is hydro-electric energy generated?

It is generated by water moving through a dam.

200
What are 2 examples of renewable resources?
Suns energy and wind energy
200
Most of pollution costs come from burning fossil fuels in...
cars, trucks, buses, furnaces, and electrical generating plants
200
Which country has the most windmills in the world?
China
200
Nuclear power plants can produce large quantities of electricity, however is this harmful to living things?
Yes it is harmful to living things.
200
What is the name of the large artificial lakes created when dams are built across rivers?
Reservoirs
300
Name 4 non-renewable resources.
gold,fossil fuels,natural gases,coal
300
How can environmental costs can be reduced?
By improving technology
300
How many windmills can a wind farm have?
A wind farm can have dozens of windmills,sometimes hundreds.
300
What is the process that uses small amounts of radioactive uranium to produce vast amounts of heat?
Nuclear Fission
300
Does hydro-electricity pollute the air or is it clean?
No it does not pollute the air it is very clean energy.
400
Name 2 differences between renewable and non-renewable resources.
renewable is non-limited and non-renewable is limited
400
Gases such as _____ and _____ are harmful to peoples lungs.
gases such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
400
In the past, what were windmills used for?
grinding flour and pumping water
400
What is the biggest problem with nuclear energy?
The long term storage of dangerous waste materials.
400
How is the reservoir fed?
It is fed by rivers that are replenished by rain and snow.
500
We rely on natural resources for what?
heat and thermal energy
500
Rain falling through polluted air dissolves the sulphur dioxide in the air.  What kind of rain is this?
Acid rain
500
Large scale windmills translate the winds energy into what?
Electricity
500

What does CANDU stand for?

Canada Deuterium-Uranium

500
What else needs to be built to transfer the energy from dams in remote areas?
Long distance transmission lines.
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