Snapquiz - Renewable Energy Resources

Question 1. Which energy resource usually requires a valley to be dammed?

HEP.
Wave power.
Tidal power.
Geothermal power.

Question 2. Which renewable energy resource is often used to power devices such as street-signs and parking ticket machines?

Wind turbines.
Geothermal power.
Photovoltaic cells.
HEP.

Question 3. Which of the following is not a problem with renewable energy resources?

They are often quite low-concentration sources of energy.
They can be eyesores.
They can damage habitats.
They cause pollution.

Question 4. Which renewable energy resource used to mainly be built inland on hills, but is increasingly being built offshore as well?

Geothermal power
Solar power.
Wind power.
Wave power.

Question 5. What causes the tides?

The centripetal action of the Earth's rotation.
The Sun heating the water.
The gravitational attraction of the Moon.
The wind blowing on the water.

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