What is it?
What does 'thermal' mean in the word geothermal?
Temperature
What basic things is geothermal energy used for?
Correct answers: electricity or heating
What makes geothermal energy reliable?
It isn't affected by seasons like other types of renewable energy.
What events can affect the production of geothermal energy?
Natural disasters or instability, especially earthquakes.
What is a fossil fuel?
A natural fuel formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
What does 'geo' mean in the word geothermal?
The Earth
What is a way geothermal energy can be accessed?
Correct answers: drilling holes or injecting water to create steam
What percentage does geothermal energy reduce greenhouse gasses?
90%
What is friction?
The act of a surface or object rubbing up against another.
Where does the heat come from?
The Earth's core, and it rises to the surface.
Name a way heat can be generated.
Correct answers: friction, gravitational pull, decay of radioactive isotopes
What is a radioactive isotope?
A radioactive element that has a different amount of neutrons than a regular version of the element's atom.
What does geothermal energy get stored and turned into electricity in?
A power plant.
Give a specific example of what geothermal energy can be used for.
Correct answers: electric cars, heating homes/buildings, parking lots, electricity for homes/buildings, etc.
The heat makes steam which turns a turbine, generating electricity.