Biomass
the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
What is biomass?
Renewable is the...
What is the energy source of Hydropower?
When wind is harnessed and cinverted into electricity using turbines.
What is wind turbines?
This energy source doesn't do good in the rain
What is solar energy?
this energy source is renewable
What is Geothermal?
The percentage of biomass that produces the electricity we use
What is 1.57 percent?
The fall and movement of water is part of a continous natural cycle.
What is the Water Cycle?
An area of land with groups of wind turbines or energy-producing windmills.
What is a wind farm?
The lost matter emitted into space
What is radiant energy?
Geothermals uses
What is electricity and heat?
44 percent of the wood biomass used today comes from
What is burning wood and wood scraps such as saw dust?
Useful for generating motion energy to grind grain or saw wood, but they are not practical for generating electricity.
What is a water wheel used for?
Refernce to how much useful energy we can get from an energy source.
What is Efficiency?
The second leading home energy expense...
What is water heating?
Where does the energy come from
What is heat within the Earth?
Name the types of biomass...
What is wood, solid waste, landfill gas, and biogass?
Gates that release excess water from the reservoir during heavy rainfalls.
What are spillway gates?
A device with three arms that spin on top of a shaft.
What is an anemometer?
This uses mechanical equipment, such as pumps and blowers, and an outside source of energy to help heat the house when solar energy is not enough.
What is active solar home?
The greates production is in
What is Hawaii
The main advantes of burning solid waste...
What is reduces the volume of garbage dumped in landfills by up to 90 percent, which reduces the cost of landfill disposal?
They use modern turbine generators to produce electricity, just as thermal (coal, natural gas, nuclear) power plants do, except they do not produce heat to spin the turbines.
What are Hydroelectric power plants?
An average wind speed is needed to convert wind energy into electricity economically.
What is 8-16 miles per hour (mph)?
Energy that constantly radiates from the sun comes from...
What is comes from the sun itself?
Ancient people that used Geothermal energy
What is Romans Chinese and Native Americans?