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 is the largest hydro electric power station in Brazil?
Itaipu
Gorges Dam
Gezhouba Dam
Baihetan Dam
Electricity generated by burning fossil fuels is called:
Hydro-electricity
Tidal electricity
Thermal electricity
Nuclear energy
Electricity generated within the earth is called:
Hydro power energy
Geothermal energy
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 biomass energy?
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
Which river is under pressure?
Colorado
Wabash
Weber
Wells
Which country has 50 % consumption of oil?
North America
South America
Europe
Middle East
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 is electricity generated from solar radiation known as ?
Solar Energy
