Vocabulary
Hydropower can come from _________. (Name a source of hydropower)
rivers, oceans, streams (and other bodies of water)
What are some sources of renewable energy?
Hydropower, solar power, wind power
Which of the following is not an example of a text feature?
A) Captions
B) Pictures
C) Capitalization
D) Text boxes
C) Capitalization
What do the prefixes hydro- and geo- mean?
hydro - water, geo - earth
In the 1800s, _______ replaced waterpower as the main energy source.
hot steam
What is the genre of this text?
A) Narrative
B) Opinion
C) Informative
C) Informative
What is demand?
How much someone wants to buy something
The earliest use of hydropower can be traced back to the ______________.
waterwheel
Select the word that best completes the sentence:
As time went on, the demand for waterpower ________ increased.
A) softly
B) steadily
C) closely
D) easily
B) steadily
Describe how something or someone evolves over time.
______
Summarize how dams work.
Dams hold back water. The amount of power they make depends on the height of the water. When there is a high amount of water, the pressure generates more energy from turning the turbines.
Which one of these sentences is written correctly?
A) In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant was built in Appleton Wisconsin.
B) In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant was built in appleton, wisconsin.
C) In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant was built in Appleton, Wisconsin
D) In 1882, the first hydroelectric plant was built in Appleton, Wisconsin.
D) In 1882, the first hydroelectric plant was built in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Make a sentence using the words rely, source, and renewable.
_____
Why do some people think that hydropower is nonsense?
Select the word that has the closest meaning to the underlined words in the sentence.
Perhaps one day we can learn to rely on just renewable resources.
A) use, rechargeable
B) depend, reusable
C) carry, reusable
D) keep, limitless
B) depend, reusable