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Hydroelectricity200 Points
This country is the largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world.
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What is Canada?
Hydroelectricity200 Points
This is the source of energy for a hydroelectric dam.
Hydroelectricity400 Points
What is falling water?
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Hydroelectricity400 Points
These spinning objects connected to electric generators convert mechanical
energy into electricity.
Hydroelectricity600 Points
What are turbines?
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Hydroelectricity600 Points
Canada generates about this percentage of electricity using
hydroelectric dams.
Hydroelectricity800 Points
What is 60%?
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Hydroelectricity800 Points
What structure can be built to help fish get around a hydroelectric dam?
Hydroelectricity1000 Points
What is a fish ladder?
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Hydroelectricity1000 Points
Fossil Fuels200 Points
These are hydrocarbons found within the top layer of the earth’s crust.
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What are fossil fuels?
Fossil Fuels200 Points
The burning of fossil fuels releases this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
Fossil Fuels400 Points
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What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
Fossil Fuels400 Points
This fossil fuel made the Industrial Revolution possible.
Fossil Fuels600 Points
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What is coal?
Fossil Fuels600 Points
This theory states that fossil fuels are the remains of ancient plants and
animals.
Fossil Fuels800 Points
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What is the biogenic theory?
Fossil Fuels800 Points
This fossil fuel deposit in Alberta covers an area roughly the size of
the state of Florida.
Fossil Fuels1000 Points
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What is the Athabasca Tar (Oil) Sands?
Fossil Fuels1000 Points
Nuclear power plants use this atomic element to generate heat and boil
water into steam.
Nuclear200 Points
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What is uranium?
Nuclear200 Points
At the centre of a nuclear reactor are these, which are about the size
of the tip of your finger.
Nuclear400 Points
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What are fuel pellets?
Nuclear400 Points
Canadian nuclear reactors use fuel mined in this country.
Nuclear600 Points
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What is Canada?
Nuclear600 Points
When atoms split and release neutrons, it is known as this.
Nuclear800 Points
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What is nuclear fission?
Nuclear800 Points
In Canada, about this percent of electricity generation comes from
nuclear energy.
Nuclear1000 Points
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What is 17%?
Nuclear1000 Points
Wind turbines convert this into electrical energy.
Wind200 Points
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What is kinetic energy of moving air (wind)?
Wind200 Points
Windmills used to generate electricity are better known by this name.
Wind400 Points
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What are wind turbines?
Wind400 Points
Several wind turbines are often arranged in groups called this.
Wind600 Points
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What are wind farms?
Wind600 Points
On average, wind turbines are about this percent efficient.
Wind800 Points
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What is 20-25%?
Wind800 Points
The Pickering Nuclear Power Generating Station generates as much electricity as
this number of 2 MW wind turbines.
Wind1000 Points
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What is 2 000?
Wind1000 Points
This is a device which converts light into electricity.
Other Sources200 Points
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What is a solar cell or photoelectric cell?
Other Sources200 Points
Wells are drilled deep into the Earth to harness this type of energy.
Other Sources400 Points
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What is geothermal?
Other Sources400 Points
This energy source can be used to replace coal in some types of
generating stations.
Other Sources600 Points
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What is biomass (plant material)?
Other Sources600 Points
This type of power plant uses energy from moving ocean water.
Other Sources800 Points
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What is a tidal barrage?
Other Sources800 Points
This device works like a windmill, except under water.
Other Sources1000 Points
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What is a tidal stream generator?
Other Sources1000 Points
The Category is:Nuclear Energy
This is the number of CANDU reactors currently (2014) operating
in Canada.
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