Tidal Energy

The minimum tidal range required for power generation is about ________

• 1m

• 5m

• 10m

• 20m

Turbine used in tidal range power plant is ___________

• Kaplan with variable pitch blade

• Kaplan with fixed pitch blade

• Bulb turbine

• None of the above

Difference between water height at high tide and water height at low tide is called _______

• tidal variation

• tidal volume

• tidal range

• tidal current

When two high tides and two low tides of approximately equal size occur, the tide called ____________

• diurnal tide

• Spring tide

• Neap Tide

• semi-diurnal tide

Which of the following categories does tidal power fall into?

• Hydrothermal

• Wind

• Hydropower

• solar

What is/are the cause(s) of tides?

• Gravitational pull of moon

• Gravitational pull of sun and moon and rotation of earth

• Gravitational pull of moon and sun

• Gravitational pull of sun

In terms of predictability, tidal energy _____ solar and wind

• is more predictable than

• is less predictable than

• has similar predictability like

• cannot be predicted unlike

Which of the following tidal barrages has the largest capacity to generate electricity?

• La Rance

• Annapolis Royal

• The Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station

• Russian tidal plants

Which of the following best describes the working of a tidal barrage for an incoming tide?

• Incoming tides → generator → barrage → basin

• Incoming tides → basin → generator → barrage

• Generator → barrage → basin → incoming tides

• Incoming tides → barrage → basin → generator

Tidal generators produce steady and reliable stream of electricity.

• True

• False