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