Fossil Fuels 6.5
This fossil fuel is a black rock that is burned to produce electricity in power plants.
What is coal?
This type of energy, which powers hydroelectric damns, is the name of the extra that’s is always in motion from flowing water.
What is kinetic energy?
The ore that is used for Nuclear power. (The specific type.)
What is Uranium-265
This renewable energy source uses sunlight to generate electricity.
What is solar energy?
This renewable energy source uses moving air to generate electricity.
What is wind energy?
This fossil fuel is a liquid found underground and refined into gasoline for cars.
What is oil (petroleum)?
This structural component in a hydroelectric dam spins when it is pushed from flowing water, then activates a generator to produce energy.
What is a turbine?
The process in which boiled water is used to create steam in Nuclear Power Plants.
What is Nuclear Fission
These devices convert sunlight directly into electricity.
What are photovoltaic (PV) cells?
This device inside a wind turbine converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is a generator?
This fossil fuel is mainly made of methane and is commonly used for heating homes and cooking.
This is the greenhouse gas that is trapped underwater due to dams trapping organic matter that bacteria will then decompose.
What is Methane?
This radioactive gas can leak from the ground into homes and is a health risk associated with uranium decay.
What is Radon
One major disadvantage of solar power is that electricity production decreases during this time.
What is nighttime/cloudy weather.
This environmental criticism of wind farms involves the disruption of scenic landscapes and local views.
What is visual pollution?
Fossil fuels are called “nonrenewable” because they take millions of years to form from this once-living material.
What are dead plants and animals (organic matter)?
What is a fish ladder?
This highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants remains dangerous for thousands of years and must be carefully stored.
What is spent nuclear fuel/radioactive waste.
Large-scale solar farms require significant amounts of this resource, especially in desert environments.
What is land?
This problem occurs when groups of wind turbines alter airflow patterns and reduce the efficiency of nearby turbines.
What is the wake effect?
Burning fossil fuels releases this greenhouse gas, which contributes the most to global climate change.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This type of toxic metal can accumulate in high concentrations in reservoirs after as dam is built, which can then become toxic once bacteria is involved.
What is methylmercury?
What is a nuclear chain reaction?
This technology stores excess solar energy for later use when sunlight is unavailable.
What are batteries/energy storage systems?
This electric grid challenge becomes more significant as wind energy use increases because power generation depends heavily on weather conditions.
What is grid reliability/balancing supply and demand.