Alternative Energy Sources

See how many answers you can get right with this Alternative Energy Sources quiz:

1. What is Masdar?

An alternative form of renewable energy The process of carbon sequestration through injection of the CO2 into oil wells A city in Abu Dhabi planned to be one of the most sustainable communities on the planet

2. Nuclear power is a:

Renewable energy Non renewable energy

3. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion uses:

The movement of tides drives turbines The movement of seawater in and out of a cavity on the shore compresses trapped air, driving a turbine The heat energy stored in the Earth's oceans to generate electricity

4. Which are all renewable forms of energy?

Sunlight, nuclear, rain, tides, and geothermal heat Sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat Sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and natural gas Sunlight, wind, aquifers, tides, and geothermal heat

5. For an OTEC system to produce a significant amount of power, the temperature between the warm surface water and the cold deep water needs to differs by about:

5°C 10°C 20°C 30°C

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