Solar
Hydro
Wind
Biomass
Geothermal
100
What does solar energy use to conduct electricity?
What is the sun.
100
Which ancient society used hydropower as a form of power.
What is the ancient Greeks.
100
What are the devices used to collect wind power?
What is turbines.
100
What are types of biomass?
What is Living organisms waste, wood, corn, and plant material
100
Where does geothermal energy get its heat from?
What is Magma.
200
Which source of solar energy is more efficient?
What is Solar Thermal energy.
200
Where do wave power plants need to be located to ensure they receive the desired conditions?
What is the ocean.
200
How can wind energy be stored for days without wind?
What is using a back up battery to collect wind power from extra days to power the house when there is no wind.
200
Burning biomass produces which type of gas that burning oil produces?
What is greenhouse gases.
200
Why cant geothermal energy be harnessed everywhere?
What is because there aren't hotspots everywhere.
300
When do solar panels not work?
What is when there is no sun.
300
How do hydroelectric plants compromise the aquatic ecosystems?
What is they kill fish and interupt there spawning.
300
Explorers in early times harnessed wind by doing what to sail their ships?
What is used sails to capture the wind and push it along.
300
What process does the making biofuel mimic?
What is the process of making fossil fuels.
300
What happens to the leftover water that isnt used in the geothermal power process?
What is the water is recycled.
400
About how long will it take for solar panels to pay for themselves?
What is about 5 to 10 years.
400
The first hydroelectric plant was located where?
What is Niagara Falls.
400
Where is the best place to have wind turbines, so they produce the most energy?
What is on a mountain or in the plains.
400
Where can large amounts of biomass be found?
What is a dump.
400
Geothermal energy uses tubes in the earths crust to heat what and produce energy?
What is Water.
500
What percent of America's alternative energy usage comes from solar power?
What is about 1%.
500
What percent of America's alternative energy usage comes from hydopower?
What is about 35%
500
What percent of America's alternative energy usage comes from wind power?
What is 9%
500
What is the percent of America's alternative energy usage for biomass?
What is about 44%
500
What is the percent of America's alternative energy usage that comes from geothermal energy?
What is about 5%.
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