Environmental Problems Associated With Large Hydroelectric Dams Include

Question: Energy conservation can reduce energy demands but will require a change in the standard of living.

Answer: False

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Question: Hydroelectric power plants are most commonly located near

Answer: artificial reservoirs

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
System that traps sunlight energy as heat energy and uses machines to move it.

Answer: Active solar system

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
Resources that are not replaced by natural processes.

Answer: Nonrenewable energy sources

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Question: Which country has the largest active tidal generating station?

Answer: France

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Question: Construction of a reservoir for a hydroelectric plant causes very little environmental and social problems.

Answer: False

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Question: The potential for developing hydroelectric power potential is best in mountainous regions and large river valleys.

Answer: True

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Question: The term "mining heat" refers to which power source?

Answer: Geothermal

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Question: Solar, geothermal, and tidal energy are forms of

Answer: renewable resources.

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Question: Environmental problems associated with large hydroelectric dams include

Answer: loss of fertile farmland, destruction of aquatic communities, and relocation of people.

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Question: Fuelwood is a major source of wood in many less-developed nations.

Answer: True

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Question: The best sites for tidal hydroelectric plants are

Answer: bays with narrow openings

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Question: The world's fastest growing energy resource in the 1990s was

Answer: wind

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Question: Ethanol is produced through the fermentation of

Answer: All of these are correct. (sugarcane, wheat, sugar beet, corn.)

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Question: Construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China resulted in the displacement of over 1 million people.

Answer: True

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
Entrapment and transfer of heat from the sun to a building without use of machinery.

Answer: Passive solar system

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
Energy sources that can be replaced by natural processes

Answer: Renewable energy sources

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Question: Tidal energy development requires that areas be flooded and people be displaced from their homes.

Answer: False

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Question: Environmental problems associated with wind power are:

Answer: hazardous to birds, vibrations cause structural problems, and noise and visual pollution.

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Question: One of the most obvious environmental impacts of hydroelectric dams is

Answer: flooding of vast areas of land.

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
Heat energy from the Earth's core.

Answer: Geothermal energy

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Question: Which of the following best matches the description?
Converts light energy directly into electricity.

Answer: photovoltaic cell

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Question: Which of the following is NOT a type of biomass?

Answer: Solid waste

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Question: Environmental problems associated with geothermal energy include

Answer: air pollution, corrosion of pipes, and may be toxic to fish.

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