Electricity generated by burning fossil fuels is called:
Hydro-electricity
Tidal electricity
Thermal electricity
Nuclear energy
Which of the following energy sources are NOT the conventional sources of energy?
Firewood, cattle dung cake
Atomic energy, biogas, solar energy
Coal, petroleum, natural gas
Hydel and thermal electricity
What are the disadvantages of using hydroelectric energy?
Hydroelectric energy is not renewable.
Hydroelectric energy produces only a small amount of electricity.
Large areas of land are required to build large dams.
Building hydroelectric power plants destroys wildlife.
Which energy is produced by photovoltaic (PV) technology?
Hydro power energy
Geothermal energy
Solar energy
How should an ideal location for hydro electric power stations determined?
By a major fast flowing river
By plain valley cut into hard impermeable rock
By many people living in the area to be flooded by the reservoir
By existing transport network aloes at a distant place.
Which of the following is the most abundantly available fossil fuel ?
Petroleum
Coal
Firewood
Biogas
Hydro power electricity is:
energy generated within the earth
energy produced by the power of water
energy produced by burning food and agriculture waste
energy produced from solar radiation
Electricity generated within the earth is called:
Thermal energy
Which of the following uses nonrenewable fossil fuels for generation of electricity?
Hydro-electricity projects
Thermal power stations
Geothermal energy stations
Nuclear power plants
What is electricity generated from solar radiation known as ?
Solar Energy
