Question

1.Tidal power plants work a lot like a hydroelectric dam in that they:
(2 Points)


Uses the power of the sun to spin a turbine.

Allow water to collect behind a gate during a rising (high) tide and then release the water during a retreating (low) tide, turning a turbine to generate electricity.

Allow water to collect behind a gate during a retreating (low) tide and then release the water during a rising (high) tide, turning a turbine to generate electricity.

Gravity
2.A device that produces electricity chemically by combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from the air:
(2 Points)


Fuel tank

Gravity

Fuel cell

Fuel collector
3.This type of heating refers to using the sun's energy to heat something directly:
(2 Points)


Passive solar heating

Gravity

Active solar heating

Passive lunar heating
4.Which equation determines energy efficiency?
(2 Points)


Energy in/energy out x 100

Energy out/energy in x 100

Gravity

Energy out x 100 + energy in
5.This term describes energy that does not come from fossil fuels and is still in development:
(2 Points)


Alternative energy

Gravity

Passive energy

Classical energy
6.Which of the following is NOT a form of renewable energy?
(2 Points)


Solar

Wind

Water

Geothermal

All of them are sources of renewable energy, silly goose.

None of them are sources of renewable energy, silly Billy.
7.This term refers to the gathering of solar energy by collectors that are used to heat water or a building:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Active lunar heating

Passive solar heating

Active solar heating
8.What form of energy is a product of moving water?
(2 Points)


Solar energy

Gravity

Hydroelectricty

Geothermal energy
9.Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses:
(2 Points)


Gravity

the solar energy collected over oceanic water to produce energy

the use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity

the movement of ocean currents to produce electricity
10.This type of renewable energy occurs from the movement of air masses across the surface of Earth:
(2 Points)


Wind power

Solar power

Water power

Gravity
Submit

Answer 1

1. Allow water to collect behind a gate during a rising (high) tide and then release the water during a retreating (low) tide, turning a turbine to generate electricity.

2. Fuel cell

3. Passive solar heating

4. Energy out / energy in x 100

5. Alternative energy

6. All of them are sources of renewable energy, silly goose.

7. Active solar heating

8. Hydroelectricity

9. the use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity

10. Wind power