Renewables
Non-Renewables
Turbine Terms
Planning a Project
Vineyard Wind
100

Energy that can be replaced and reused in a short amount of time is called ________ energy.

Renewable

100

This non-renewable energy source is a hard, black rocky substance found underground.

Coal

100

Wind energy is collected using machines called ________.

wind turbines / windmills

100

Offshore wind farm developers need to think about how a project could affect the marine _______ around the site.

Ecosystem / Habitat / Environment

100

Vineyard Wind 1 is the USA's first ever commercial-scale _________.

Wind Farm

200

_______ power is energy that comes from the Sun.

Solar

200

Some non-renewable energy sources are called ______ fuels, because they come from ancient organic materials and take millions of years to form underground.

Fossil

200

Wind farms turn wind energy into _______ energy for us to use in our homes!

Electric

200

Artificial _____ are places where a sunken, man-made object becomes a habitat for marine life.

Reefs

200

The Vineyard Wind 1 project is located off the coast of _________.

Martha's Vineyard / Massachusetts

300

Using renewable energies helps to slow down and prevent ___________.

Climate Change

300

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is released into the air when humans ______ non-renewables such as coal and oil.

Burn

300

Wind turbines usually have 3 or more parts called _______ that spin when they are pushed by the wind.

Blades

300

Offshore wind turbines have to be built 1 _____ apart from one another to allow large ships to pass through them.

Nautical Mile

300

Vineyard Wind 1 produces enough power to provide electricity for 400,000 _______.

Homes

400

The most abundant renewable energy resource that we have in Massachusetts is ________.

Offshore Wind

400

Coal takes over ______ years to form.

1 to 100 Million

400

An undersea ______ connects an offshore wind farm to the mainland.

Cable

400

Workers building offshore wind farms use a _______ column to protect migrating species from the noise of construction.

Bubble

400

Technicians who work on the wind farm reach the turbines using a boat or a _________.

Helicopter

500

What is another type of renewable energy besides solar and wind power?

Geothermal, Hydro, or Biomass

500

The ______ Effect occurs when gases get trapped in the Earth's atmosphere and cause the planet to heat up.

Greenhouse

500

The energy produced by Vineyard Wind's turbines is collected in a ________ before being sent to the mainland.

Substation

500

Before building a wind farm, project planners speak with _________ to figure out the best way to plan the project.

Hint: What's another name for people who are interested in and might be affected by a project or company?

Stakeholders

500

Vineyard Wind 1 will eliminate the equivalent of 1.68 million metric tons of _________ from the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)