Energy Today
What is an example of a renewable energy source?
Wind, Solar, hydropower (water) Geothermal, Fuel Cell etc...
What is the machine called that collects the wind and converts it into electricty? Hint: you see them
Wind mills/turbines
What does a solar panel do?
Collects sunlight to be converted into electricity, answers might slightly vary.
Do non-renewable energy sources last forever?
Nope!
Which describes stored energy:
Potential
Kinetic
Potential
What are the two categories of energy we learned about?
Nonrenewable and renewable Energy
Is North Carolina a top wind power producing state?
No
What happens on not so sunny days?
Solar panels dont collect at much light but still collect some through UV radiation.
What are fossil fuels made of?
Fossils! Dead plants and animals
Which describes the movement of a rollercoaster zipping DOWN a big hill?
Potential
Kinetic
Kinetic
Can you put wind turbines in city areas, why or why not?
Various answers
Name one way sunlight can be converted to solar energy.
Solar panels or solar farms
Which TV show featured a character who worked at a Nuclear Power Plant?
The Simpsons
What are natural resources?
Resources the Earth provides. examples: water, air, wood, food, etc.
Give an example of a non-renewable form of energy
fossil fuel
Name a limitation for solar power.
The amount that arrives at the earth's surface is not constant because the sun doesn't deliver that much energy to one place at any one time.
True or false, a drawback of nuclear energy is that is is dangerous to store
true
Will we ever fully convert to alternative energies? Why or why not?
Various answers
Give a different word we use for energy
power, electricity
How many birds are affected by wind turbines every year?
Approx 300-400,000
The sun has produced energy for how many years?
Billions
True or false, Nuclear energy is easy and abundantly produced.
true
What type of nuclear reaction happens inside the sun?
Fusion