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Alternative Energy - Geothermal
Test Description: Questions from the book, Energy for Keeps: Creating Clean Electricity From Renewable Resources
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Heat from the earth is obtained by all EXCEPT
A
Pump hot spring water into homes and businesses
B
Steam from high pressure underground turns turbines
C
Gathering lava from volcanoes to boil water
D
Drilling wells to bring hot water to the surface
2) Which is NOT a type of geothermal power plant?
A
Flash Steam power plant
B
Binary power plant
C
Geomoderator power plant
D
Dry Steam power plant
3) Which process uses moderate temperature water to heat up another liquid?
A
Geomoderator power plant
B
Binary power plant
C
Flash Power plant
D
Dry Steam power plant
4) Heat exchangers:
A
Transfer heat from a hot water to a liquid with a lower boiling point to create steam
B
Send warm water back into reservoirs after being used
C
Pump cooler water into heated reservoirs to force hot to the surface
5) Where is the highest geothermal plant found?
A
Tibet, China
B
India/Nepal border
C
Afghanistan/Pakistan border
6) What country produces the most geothermal energy?
A
Russia
B
India
C
China
D
United States
7) After geothermal plants use the warm water they:
A
Pump it back into the reservoir
B
Let it soak back into the ground
C
Send into the nearest city water system
D
Put into a man-made lake
8) Which states do NOT currently have geothermal power plants?
A
Michigan, New York, Vermont
B
New Mexico, Hawaii, Idaho
C
California, Nevada, Utah
D
Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon
9) Which US state has the most geothermal power plants?
A
California
B
Nevada
C
Wyoming
D
Alaska
10) What country had the first Geothermal power plant?
A
China
B
Philippines
C
Italy
D
Japan
11) What country is the second largest user of geothermal electricity in the world?
A
Mexico
B
Indonesia
C
Philippines
D
China
12) The countries along the Ring of Fire are NOT:
A
Prone to earthquakes and volcanoes
B
On or near the boundaries of tectonic plates
C
Some of the best geothermal resources in the world
D
All in the Northern Hemisphere
13) Enhanced Geothermal Systems uses
A
volanic areas
B
hot dry rock
C
lava pools
D
icy areas
14) A country NOT along the Ring of Fire is:
A
Canada
B
Greenland
C
Japan
D
United States
15) What area has hot springs occasionally bubble up into their homes?
A
Greenland
B
California
C
Iceland
D
Indonesia
16) Which is true of Geothermal plants?
A
take up a lot of space
B
disrupt ecosystems
C
produce no smoke
D
cause major earthquakes
17) Which is NOT true?
A
Most geothermal reservoirs contain dissolved gases that smell bad.
B
Geothermal plants can only run a few hours a day.
C
Enhanced geothermal systms can cause small earthquakes.
D
Geothermal water contains dissolved minearls and salts.
18) Geothermal experts have identified how many countries that could be powered 100% by geothermal energy?
A
39
B
12
C
7
D
100
19) Geothermal wells can be how deep?
A
Over 2 miles
B
About 1/2 mile
C
Almost 5 miles
D
Almost 1 mile
20) True or False? Turbine generators can operate 24 hours a day?
A
False
B
True
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