The document discusses various renewable energy sources including solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, and tidal energy. It provides details on how each source works and potential advantages and disadvantages.
The document discusses various renewable energy sources including solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, and tidal energy. It provides details on how each source works and potential advantages and disadvantages.
The document discusses various renewable energy sources including solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, and tidal energy. It provides details on how each source works and potential advantages and disadvantages.
The document discusses various renewable energy sources including solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, and tidal energy. It provides details on how each source works and potential advantages and disadvantages.
Key points: - What is solar power; - How does solar power work; - What is wind power; - And how does wind power work; - What is hydroelectric power; - And how does it work. Solar energy: - Solar energy is the conversion of the Sunיs energy into eletrical electricity; - This method is ideal in hot cloudless conditions, but less effective in areas that have a lot of cloudy days or are located in high altitudes; - Locations at milattidudes are more suitable; - What is the main problem of solar energy? - Effect of solar panels and solar stations on the surounding and biodiversity? - Can we plant solar stations anywhere? - Serbiaיs potential in solar energy? - Floating Solar Panels - Read more about it here Wind Power - The usage of wind energy is becoming more and more common; - The wind turbines are large turbine blades that generate energy; - The turbines need to be located in areas that has very strong wind; - This method in inconsistent ➡ only generates energy when it is windy; - It is very expensive to build a wind farm; - The impact on the environment; - Positive and negative side? - Serbias potential and best locations? - An Example of good practice? Tidal energy: - uses the rise and fall of tides to convert incoming and outcomig tides into electrical energy; - Barages have to be built across coasts; - This can be very expensive; - Damaging to the environment; - Blocking the ships and trade; - Location where these plants could be built are limited. Hydroelectric power: - Uses fast-flowing water to turn generators to produce electricity; - A reliable supply of fast-flowing water is needed; - This may be near a waterfall; - The dams are expensive to build and can lead to the flooding of farmland; - They re is limited choice of locations with necessary requirements; - This method produces a very little pollution; Possible questions for the test: 1. How do we use our planet as a natural resource? 2. What is a biome? 3. What is biogeography? 4. How do rainforest provide in our daily life? 5. What is a hydrosphere? 6. What is a water cycle? 7. Explain water scarcity. 8. Why is water so important? 9. How water interconnects biosphere, litosphere and atmosphere? 10. Why is it a problem if pollar caps melt? 11. What is the difference between freshwater and saltwater? 12. Can we use saltwater? 13. Name an example of a country that is heavily influenced by water scarcity? 14. What is eutrophication? 15. What are crude oil and natural gases? 16. How is oil formed? 17. Explain the oil refinery process. 18. Why are electric cars a problem? 19. Why is pollution from oil rigs a problem? 20. Why is pollution from oil refineries a problem? 21. What are advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy? 22. What are advantages and disadvantages of biomass? 23. What are advantages and disadvantages of geothermal energy? 24. What are advantages and disadvantages of tidal energy? 25. What are advantages and disadvantages of solar energy? 26. What are advantages and disadvantages of wind energy? 27. What are advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectric power?
