Topic 8

Question 1

What does a Thermo-Electric Generation plant do?

Answer 1

Burns fossil fuels to make electricity

Question 2

What are non-renewable resources?

Answer 2

Resources that are consumed faster than can be replaced by nature. (ex. fossil fuels)

Question 3

A fossil fuel is a ____ - ___________ ___________.

Answer 3

non-renewable resource

Question 4

Wind, water, and sunlight are examples of ___________ ___________.

Answer 4

Renewable resources

Question 5

What is waste created by underground mining called?

Answer 5

tailings

Question 6

What do antipollution systems called scrubbers do?

Answer 6

they remove sulfur dioxide from the air.

Question 7

_____ - _________ ______ use water preasure to generate electricity.

Answer 7

Hydro-electric plants

Question 7

What is the difference between nuclear fission and fusion?

Answer 7

Nuclear fission is where uranium releases energy by splitting and nuclear fusion is where two atoms join to make a larger atom and create energy.

Question 8

Wind turbines are a form of ______ energy.

Answer 8

Green