Wind Power
Turbines convert _____ energy of wind into mechanical or electrical energy?
What is kinetic?
Hydropower uses _____ energy of moving water to generate electricity?
What is kinetic?
Solar panels convert _____ into electricity?
What is energy from sunlight?
Nuclear energy is the form of energy released from the nucleus of ___?
What is atoms?
Are fossil fuels renewable or non-renewable resources?
What is a non-renewable resource?
What are the 3 types of wind energy?
What is small, utility-scale, and offshore wind?
Electrical energy generated by water motion is often called?
What is hydroelectric power?
What is the average cost of panel installation in the state of Iowa?
What is ~$15,000?
What nuclear energy process is how stars have energy?
What is fusion?
What are some applications of fossil fuels?
How many jobs has the wind energy industry created across the U.S.?
What is ~150,000?
Where are dams often built for hydroelectric stations?
What is in the mountains where valley sides are steep?
How many homes can currently be powered by the nation’s solar capacity?
What is 36 million homes?
What is the difference between fission and fusion?
What is splitting and join of atoms?
Why are fossil fuels sought after energy sources?
What is a high energy density?
How much has the wind energy industry added to the U.S. Economy?
What is ~20 billion dollars?
What does hydropower rely on?
What is the constantly recharging system of the water cycle?
What does solar energy not release any of?
What is greenhouse gases?
What is the byproduct of fusion?
What is helium gas?
What was oil formed from?
What are small organisms (zooplankton and algae)?
Where is offshore wind energy located?
What are some adverse environmental impacts hydropower causes?
What is change in natural water temperature, change in river flow, disruption in fish migration?
What has been the annual growth rate of solar energy over the past decade?
What is 25%?
Nuclear energy accounts for ___% of the world‘s energy.
What is 10%?
What are the 3 types of fossil fuels?
What is coal, oil, and natural gas?