Energy and Resources

Energy and Resources Activity:

1. What are the current percentages of electricity production for fossil fuels, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal/wind/solar energies?

1. How is wind energy produced?

2. What is the attitude about wind power conveyed in the article?

1. Have wind turbines been reliable in the past?

2. What has happened to some wind farms?

3. What is the attitude about wind power in this article?

1. Of the 10 advantages listed for the use of hydroelectric power, which do you think is the most important?

1. What is the world's largest hydroelectric power plant?

2. Where is it located?

Section: Geothermal Basics

1. From which 2 Greek words does geothermal come from and what do they mean?

Section: Where Geothermal Energy is Found

2. Where is most of the geothermal energy in the US found?

Section: Use of Geothermal Energy

3. Who is the leader in the use of geothermal power generation?

4. Which 6 states currently have geothermal power plants?

Section: Geothermal Energy and the Environment

5. What percent fewer sulfur emissions are produced by geothermal plants than fossil fuel plants?

Section: Solar Basics

1. What are the 2 ways that solar energy can be converted in to electricity?

2. What states have solar thermal power plants?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy?

Section: Uranium (Nuclear) Basics

1. What process is used to release energy in a nuclear power plant?

2. Which isotope of Uranium is most commonly used?

Section: Nuclear Power Plants

3. How many nuclear power plants are in the US?

Section: Nuclear Power and the Environment

4. Where is spent nuclear waste stored?