Show:
Firsts
Failures
Types of Energy
Alternative Energy Affirmative Actions
Effects of Fossil Fuels (Obvious/Common Sense)
100
When did the Europeans start using watermills?
200 B.C.E.
100
Where did the most well-known nuclear power plant explosion happen?
Three mile-island, Pennsyvannia
100
what is the oldest type of alternative energy?
water mills
100
What president developed the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative to promote hydrogen fuel cell development?
President George W Bush
100
The negative impact businesses leave on the environment especially concerning carbon dioxide is called...
Carbon footprint
200
To generate electricity on remote farms in the U.S. the first _________ were sold in 1927.
commercial wind turbines.
200
Where was the Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station (the plant that in 2009 broke apart violently leading to the entire plants shut-down) located in the world?
Russia
200
What type of energy uses dams?
Hydroelectric
200
In 1924 the federal government established a law to control _______.
pollution from oil industries
200
Fossil fuels are ...
Dead decomposed ancient biotic matter
300
Where did the first nuclear power plant in the U.S. begin operation?
Shippingport, Pennsylvannia
300
What was one part of Obama's Green Energy Policy that still failed despite being funded revolving around transportation.
Electric Cars
300
What form of energy is associated with geysers?
Geothermal
300
What did the geothermal steam act of 1970 do?
It allowed the leasing of federal land for geothermal energy development.
300
Airborne negative waste produced by factories and man made machines is called...
Pollution
400
The World's first Geothermal Heating District was developed where?
Boise, Idaho.
400
What solar power cell manufacturer recently filed bankruptcy?
Solyndra
400
What form of alternative energy is often collected off of highways?
Wind power
400
What Act passed in 1996 expanded hydrogen power development by, "authorizing activities leading to production, storage, transformation, and use of hydrogen for industrial, residential, transportation, and utility applications"?
The Hydrogen Future Act
400
The most common material littered in America is...
Plastic
500
What type of energy did the first U.S. satellite in orbit run on?
Solar power.
500
What's wrong with the wind turbines in Hawaii?
They are rusted and broken.
500
What form of energy is collected through panels that can be put on roofs of houses?
solar power
500
When was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed?
2009
500
Double jeopardy: How has popular media towards environmentalism changed from the 18th century to now? What's the focus concerning energy sources now vs then? Money? Efficiency? Etc.
Examine answers individually