Hydroelectric Power

Hydroelectric Energy

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

How long has hydroelectricity been in use?

• For billions of years

• For thousands of years

• For centuries

• For decades

Is the fact that 'hydroelectricity is efficient and reliable' a advantage or a disadvantage?

• It is an advantage

• It is a disadvantage

• I don't know

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The water turbine drives the generator which converts  ................

• The mechanical energy to electrical energy

• The electrical energy to electrical energy

• None

What type of energy is being produced when a dam is placed across a river and water is released to turn a turbine that produces electricity?

• Wind

• Geothermal

• Hydroelectric 

• Solar

Are located in hilly areas where dams can be built and large water reservoir can be obtained.

• Hydroelectric power station

• Nuclear power station

• Gas turbine power station

• Steam power station 

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What is one one disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?

• It doesn't work if you don't have volcanoes nearby.

• It doesn't work if it is not windy.

• It doesn't work if you don't have rivers or moving water nearby.

• It doesn't work unless you have plenty of fossil fuels.

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An advantage of hydroelectric power station.

• It produces thermal pollution

• Only a few dams have been built

• They produce no carbon dioxide when making electricity

• They are cheap to build

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Which of these hydroelectric dams has had a major impact on its surrounding ecosystems?

• Three Gorges Dam, China

• Grand Coulee Dam, WA USA

• Hoover Dam, NV USA

• All three have had a major impact on their surrounding ecosystems

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Which of the following is a Con for hydroelectricity?

• Destroys habitat

• Decimates natural salmon migration routes

• Disturbs flooding cycles and nutrient deposition

• All are Cons for hydroelectricity

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