Vocabulary
structure built to hold back and store large amounts of water
Dam
using the energy from the sun to create power, such as electricity.
Solar Power
Non-renewable resources such as coal, oil, and gas that when used pollute the atmosphere
The Hoover dam is named after which president (First and Last Name)
Pres. Herbert Hoover
Which country uses the most hydroelectric power in the world?
Canada
machine that makes electricity
generator
using the energy of wind to create power such as electricity
wind power
A renewable resource that is used by building dams to filter water through a turbine generator
Water Power
How do waterfalls gain power?
Gravity
Name 3 of the 5 countries that use the most hydroelectric power?
Canada
United States
Russia
China
Brazil
coal, oil, and gas used for energy
Fossil Fuels
wheel that turns by using the force or power of flowing water
Water Wheel
Renewable resource that is used in breazy areas to spin a wind turbine.
Wind energy
3 early uses of water power
Waterwheel, irrigation, mills
How do we measure electricity?
kilowatts
smallest part of an element
atom
energy made for powering anything from lights to appliances to factories
Electricity
solar power
What conditions must be necessary for a waterwheel to work?
Fast flowing water that spins the blades or buckets
What type of environmental conditions are good locations for a hydroelectric plant?
snow, rain, or rivers flowing down mountains.
device with spinning blades that powers a hydroelectric plant
turbine
when water is used to generate electricity
HydroElectric
The captured energy of atoms being split and fused together.
Nuclear Energy
What is a reservoir?
A large man made lake formed once a dam is built.
Why is a hydroelectric plant built at the bottom of a dam?
The water must gain a lot of power by flowing downward through the penstock, which would then turn the blades of the turbine.