Energy+Sources+Webquest

Name ________________________ Period _________ ** Energy Sources Webquest ** **Part 1** Go to [|www.eia.doe.gov/kids] Click on the yellow energy facts circle on the left. Under the word renewable click on “wind”. Answer the following: 1. Wind is called a renewable energy source because _____________________________________________________________ 2. Which state still produces more than twice as much wind energy as any other state? __________________________.   3. Where is the first off shore wind park in the U.S. going to be located soon (now 2010 it will start!)? ________________________________.   4. What do you think the opposition to (argument against) this farm might be? ____________________________________________________________   5. Click on the highlighted words Cape Cod wind project? Then click on the highlighted Cape Wind- Energy for Life. Scroll down in the right hand column and look for “See for Yourself” with the sailboat picture. Click on the word “go” Watch the video by clicking on the link for windows media player or quick time. What country has this wind farm? _________________________________.   6. Hit the back button three times to return to the history of wind. Scroll down to wind and the environment. What is the most serious environmental drawback to wind technology? _____________________________________________________________   Now click on go to internet explorer and  [|**LiveLeak**] [|.com - Windmil out of control] Watch the video. **__This rarely happens!!!!!!!!__** Return to the //Energy Kids Page//. Click on **//Solar//** under the word renewable. 7. In what decade did British astronomer John Herschel use a solar thermal collector box? _____________   8. Solar energy provides electricity in what 2 ways? ______________________ and _________________________. 9. Which 2 states house the 15 best known solar electric generation units in the U.S.? ___________________ and _____________________ 10. After reading about the disadvantages of solar energy, think about a problem you could foresee using it in our area? _____________________________________________________________   11. Scroll down to the bottom section titled “solar energy and the environment.” Name 1 advantage of solar energy _________________________________________________ and 1 disadvantage. __________________________________________________   Minimize the screen. Go to [|**Solar Energy**] [| Technologies Program: **Animations**] Scroll down to view the video (small video with quick time), close the window and return to the solar energy kids’ page that you minimized. Hit the back button to energy facts and click on **//hydrogen (not hydro!!)//**. 12. Under the “What is hydrogen” section, answer the following: Why is hydrogen gas not found by itself on earth? _______________________________________________   13. How is hydrogen found? _______________________________________________   14. Under the section, “How is hydrogen made?” what is steam reforming? _____________________________________________________________   15. What is a disadvantage of this? __________________________________________   16. Read in the section “Uses of hydrogen.” Who is the primary user of hydrogen as an energy fuel? _____________________________________   17. Go to  [|**Hydrogen**] [| and Gasoline **Fuel** **Leak** Simulation, **Dr**. Michael R. **Swain**]  http://h2-pv.us/H2/h2_safety_swain/swain_safety.html Scroll down (several pages) to the pictures of the hydrogen car and the gasoline powered car. Would you feel safer in a hydrogen powered car or a gasoline powered car? _______________Why? ____________________________________________________________   Click on the  [|www.vidicom-tv.com/tohiburg.htm]  link. Click on play video. After viewing the video of the Hindenburg disaster, do you think hydrogen has the potential for producing a lot of energy? ___________________   18. Return to the **//Energy kids//** page that you minimized. Click on **//hydro (not hydrogen!)//** under renewable. Scroll down to the map of the U.S. showing where hydropower is generated. Where does N.Y. state rank in the top 5 hydroelectric states? ____________   19. Why is hydropower criticized as an electricity source? (Look under the section hydropower and the environment)___________________________ _____________________________________________________________   20. Return to Energy Kids page. Click on the blue Electricity word above hydrogen. Scroll down to find out how a turbine works. Explain here. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________________    How much of our electricity is generated by coal? (Hint: it’s highlighted in blue!)________________ Hit the back button to return to the energy facts page. Click on **//__coal.__//** 21. Under the section “how coal is used” what percentage of coal is used to make electricity? __________   22. Read the **//first 2 paragraphs//** under Coal and the Environment. What are 2 main concerns about using coal to produce electricity in our country? _____________________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________________    23. Return to the energy facts page and click on natural gas under non -renewable. Read the first paragraph. State why natural gas is considered non-renewable? ________________________________________________   24. Under the section “How do we get natural gas?” who are the scienctists that help find natural gas deposits? _______________________________   Under that section it also states why an odorant (mercaptan) is added to natural gas….because it is colorless, ____________ and ______________________. 25. Read under “how is natural gas stored and delivered” about transporting and storing natural gas. At what temperature does natural gas become liquid? ___________◦ F.   26. Natural gas also emits ____________ gases which is a concern for our environment. 27. Return to the energy facts page and click on geothermal under renewable. The first paragraph says………Geothermal energy is _________ from within the ___________. 28. In the section, “Energy inside the earth” a statement reads “The core itself has 2 layers, a solid iron core and an outer core made of very hot melted rock, called __________. 29. Most of the geothermal activity in the world occurs in an area called the________ of _________ which rims the Pacific Ocean.