Hydro Energy Quiz 5 (16 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the top hydropower producing states (as of 2011).

2. What percent of water covers the earth?

3. How many years have we been harnessing hydropower's energy?

4. Hydropower power is a _____ source.

5. Read the sentence from the text. The turbine than turns a metal shaft in an electric generator. Which dictionary entry best defines turbine?

6. What else does hydro energy provide and improve

7. Hydropower creates what kind of energy?

8. How many years did it take to complete the biggest hydroelectric plant in the United States?

9. Where is the biggest hydro plant in the United States? (Hint:It's at a dam)

10. What is a generator?

11. What is Hydro electric power

12. What allows water to flow through a dam?

13. What do you find hydropower in?

14. Hydropower comes from what?

15. A penstock is used as a condition between

16. Which country has NO tidal power plants