Idaho Power Curriculum

Question 1

Aquifer

Answer 1

An underground geologic formation of rock, soil, or sediment that is naturally saturated with water; an aquifer stores groundwater.

Question 2

By-Product

Answer 2

A secondary result, produced in doing or producing something else

Question 3

Combustion

Answer 3

A chemical process that creates heat and light for example fire.

Question 4

Condensation

Answer 4

Preservation, protection or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.

Question 5

Contaminated

Answer 5

Made impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.

Question 6

Demand

Answer 6

The amount of electricity required to turn on or run an appliance.

Question 7

Disperse

Answer 7

To break up and vanish

Question 8

Evaporation

Answer 8

The process by which water turns into a vapor or gas.

Question 9

Fossil fuel

Answer 9

A combustible material created naturally beneath Earth’s surface over a long period of time, from the remains of plants and animals.

Question 10

Fresh water

Answer 10

Naturally occurring water on the earth’s surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bog, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, and underground as groundwater in quifers and underground streams.

Question 11

Groundwater

Answer 11

Water found underground in porous layers of rocks and soil.

Question 12

Hydrologic cycle

Answer 12

Water cycle; the movement of water from its various sources, through the stages of precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.

Question 13

Hydropower

Answer 13

Electricity that is generated using the energy of flowign water.

Question 14

Kilowatt

Answer 14

A unit of measurement equal to 1,000 watts.

Question 15

Kilowatt-Hour

Answer 15

A unit of measurement of energy equal to 1,000 watts electricity used for one hour.

Question 16

Kinetic energy

Answer 16

Energy an object possesses due to the motion of the body or its particles.

Question 17

LED(Light Emitting Diode)

Answer 17

A semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic equipment, especially for displaying readings on digital watches and calculators, and in light bulbs.

Question 18

Matter

Answer 18

Any substance which has mass and occupies space.

Question 19

Non-potable

Answer 19

Not safe to drink

Question 20

Non-renewable resource

Answer 20

A natural resource that isn not capable of being renewed, replaced, or takes a very long time to replace, such as fossil fuels.

Question 21

On-peak

Answer 21

A period of time in which there is a large consumer need for energy.

Question 22

Phantom load

Answer 22

Energy used by a device when it is in standby mode or in the “off” position.

Question 23

Potential energy

Answer 23

Energy which an object has stored because of its position, or arrangement of particles.

Question 24

Photosynthesis

Answer 24

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a by-product.

Question 25

Pollution

Answer 25

The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment.

Question 26

Potable

Answer 26

Safe to drink

Question 27

Precipitation

Answer 27

The depositing of moisture; rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Question 28

Replenishment

Answer 28

To fill again by supplying what has been used up.

Question 29

Renewable resource

Answer 29

A natural resource that is capable of being renewed or is replaceable, such energy from the sun or wind.

Question 30

Runoff

Answer 30

The draining away of water.

Question 31

Saline

Answer 31

Salty water; a salty solution.

Question 32

Surface water

Answer 32

Water flowing or standing on the surface of Earth, such as in lakes or streams.

Question 33

Transpiration

Answer 33

A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel is made to move by kinetic energy being transformed into mechanical energy.

Question 34

Watt

Answer 34

The basic unit of measurement for power.