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Energy from Wind
Energy from the Sun
Energy from Water
Energy from the Earth
Energy from Chemical Bonds
100
These are mechanical assemblies that convert wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.
What are wind turbines?
100
These convert sunlight to electrical energy. No abbreviations, please!
What are photovoltaic cells?
100
Tidal and wave action both produce power as a result of what?
What is water movement/kinetic energy of water?
100
Geothermal power plants use naturally heated ________ to generate electricity?
What is water or steam?
100
This is organic material derived directly from living or dead organisms that can be burned or processed to generate electricity.
What is biomass?
200
This is the term used to describe large groups of machines that capture wind power.
What are wind farms?
200
Using building design, building materials, and vegetation to maximize solar benefits is this kind of solar energy collection.
What is passive solar energy?
200
In addition to kinetic energy, the ocean also stores an enormous amount of what form of energy?
What is thermal energy?
200
These warm structures by transferring heat from the ground to buildings and homes.
What are ground-source heat pumps or heat pumps?
200
This is the fuel produced by fermenting carbohydrate-rich crops like corn.
What is ethanol?
300
What areas are more ideal for capturing wind power due to greater wind speeds and less turbulent air?
What are off-shore sites or over water?
300
Using devices to focus, move, or store solar energy is termed this type of solar energy collection.
What is active solar energy collection?
300
Hydroelectric dams provide energy from these two techniques.
What are storage technique and run of the river technique?
300
In addition to heating buildings and homes, geothermal energy can also be used to do what?
What is cool buildings and homes?
300
This is field produced from vegetable oil, used cooking grease, or animal fat. French fries, anyone?
What is biodiesel?
400
What are two advantages or benefits of wind generated power?
What are clean energy, efficient energy production, small & large-scale, creates energy independence, income production, job creation.
400
What are two advantages of solar energy?
What are inexhaustible supply, enormous amount available, technology uses no fuel, no moving parts, silent, little maintenance, energy independence, clean energy, job creation.
400
Why is the use of dams for power generation not an expanding technique?
What is most large rivers are already dammed?
400
Name two advantages of harnessing geothermal energy.
What are efficiency, lack of expense, clean energy, reduces electricity use, renewable
400
This is the waste product of a hydrogen fuel cell.
What is water?
500
What are two disadvantages of wind generated power?
What are wind strength variability, wind location variability, aesthetically displeasing to some, population centers not near wind centers, influence on wildlife.
500
What are two disadvantages of solar energy?
What are unequally sunny areas, intermittent sun, up front costs.
500
Name one advantage and one disadvantage of energy produced from tides, waves, and currents?
Advantages- free, inexhaustible, bountiful, clean energy. Disadvantages- affect coastal ecology, new/imperfect technology, costly up front, location limits.
500
Name two disadvantages of harnessing geothermal energy.
What are location specific, lack of infrastructure, well-drilling, over-use of water in aquifers, corrosion of equipment, may trigger small earthquakes.
500
Forcing substances to release their hydrogen atoms for use in hydrogen fuel technology is done employing a process called what?
What is electrolysis?