Solar Energy
The popular technology used to convert sunlight into electricity
What are solar panels?
The device is used to capture energy from the wind and turn it into electricity
What is a wind turbine?
The main source of energy for hydroelectric plants?
What is flowing water?
Type of materials used to produce biomass energy
What are organic materials? (animal waste, plant waste)
The main source of energy used to produce geothermal energy
What is heat from the Earth's crust?
One major benefit of using solar energy
What is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions?
Term to describe a collective area of wind turbines
What are wind farms?
This structure is used on rivers to generate energy through running water.
What is a dam?
The advantage to using biomass energy in contrast to fossil fuels
Reduces waste and emissions
The main form of harnessing geothermal energy for electricity generation
What is steam from a hot water reservoir?
The term for large solar energy instillations that generate energy for the grid
What is a solar farm?
In the United States, where wind energy is most commonly generated
What is "Tornado Ally" or the Midwest?
An environmental concern related to the health of the ecosystem impacted by hydropower plants
What is the impact on aquatic life, aquatic ecosystem, and fish population
The biomass fuel that is commonly produced from corn
What is ethanol?
what is the cost or environmental impact?