Basic
Obtained
Usage
Advantages
Disadvantages
100
Water
What is another word for hydro?
100
A dam must be constructed.
What must be built to receive hydroelectric power?
100
It can power the heat for your house, the electricity, the lighting, and many more.
What can water power?
100
Hydroelectric power is a renewable resource.
Why is hydroelectric power a good energy source?
100
A river must be dammed to create a dam to obtain energy.
What must be dammed in order to create a hydroelectric dam?
200
Hydroelectric energy is energy made from moving water.
What is hydroelectric energy?
200
The flowing water moves turbines which will in term produce electricity.
How does a dam provide energy?
200
For more than 100 years.
For how long has hydroelectric power been in use?
200
Water can be replenished over time, it will not run out any time soon.
What makes hydroelectric power a renewable resource?
200
When you dam a river, a severe impact will affect the land and wildlife.
Why is creating a dam on rivers bad?
300
False
True or false Hydroelectric Power is a non-renewable energy source.
300
Dams create reservoirs which can be used for a variety of things such as obtaining hydroelectric power, drinking water,and wildlife sanctuaries.
How does a dam play a role in this energy resource and more things?
300
Niagara Falls
What "fall" is the biggest electricity producer in New York State?
300
Once the dam is constructed, it can produce energy at a constant rate.
Why is a dam so effective?
300
There are some communities that are in the fish business and they rely on the fish that passed through that river.
How does damming a river affect a community?
400
True
True or false: Hydro comes from the Greek word for water
400
Tidal power captures energy of flowing water with the help of the turbines.
What does a tidal power have to do with hydroelectric power?
400
China is the worlds biggest provider.
What country provides the most hydroelectric power?
400
The water can be stored and used for later purposes when there is a higher demand for energy.
When energy is not needed, the dam can shut off. Why is this a good thing?
400
The cost of building a dam is very high and they don't get much in return.
Why is an economical effect of obtaining hydroelectric energy?
500
Flowing water will move turbines that will generate electricity.
How does Hydroelectric Power work?
500
Oregon will be the first
What is the first U.S power station that will use ocean waves?
500
20% of the world's need are provided by hydroelectricity.
What percentage of the world's need are provided by hydroelectricity?
500
Dams are meant to last, so money wont be wasted every year on repairing.
What is an economical advantage of building a dam?
500
The water reservoir releases a lot of carbon dioxide and methane which will affect the atmosphere.
What is a effect of building a dam, on the atmosphere?
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