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World Energy Sources Jeopardy!

Test your knowledge about different energy sources including hydro, wind, nuclear, fossil fuels, and other renewable sources in this Jeopardy-style game.

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World Energy Sources Jeopardy!

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  1. World energy sources JEOPARDY!

  2. OTHER SOURCES FOSSIL FUELS HYDRO WIND NUCLEAR 200 200 200 200 200 400 400 400 400 400 600 600 600 600 600 800 800 800 800 800 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 Final Jeopardy

  3. Hydroelectricity200 Points This country is the largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world.

  4. Hydroelectricity200 Points What is Canada? Back to question board

  5. Hydroelectricity400 Points This is the source of energy for a hydroelectric dam.

  6. Hydroelectricity400 Points What is falling water? Back to question board

  7. Hydroelectricity600 Points These spinning objects connected to electric generators convert mechanical energy into electricity.

  8. Hydroelectricity600 Points What are turbines? Back to question board

  9. Hydroelectricity800 Points Canada generates about this percentage of electricity using hydroelectric dams.

  10. Hydroelectricity800 Points What is 60%? Back to question board

  11. Hydroelectricity1000 Points What structure can be built to help fish get around a hydroelectric dam?

  12. Hydroelectricity1000 Points What is a fish ladder? Back to question board

  13. Fossil Fuels 200 Points These are hydrocarbons found within the top layer of the earth’s crust.

  14. Fossil Fuels 200 Points What are fossil fuels? Back to question board

  15. Fossil Fuels 400 Points The burning of fossil fuels releases this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

  16. Fossil Fuels 400 Points What is carbon dioxide (CO2)? Back to question board

  17. Fossil Fuels 600 Points This fossil fuel made the Industrial Revolution possible.

  18. Fossil Fuels 600 Points What is coal? Back to question board

  19. Fossil Fuels 800 Points This theory states that fossil fuels are the remains of ancient plants and animals.

  20. Fossil Fuels 800 Points What is the biogenic theory? Back to question board

  21. Fossil Fuels 1000 Points This fossil fuel deposit in Alberta covers an area roughly the size of the state of Florida.

  22. Fossil Fuels 1000 Points What is the Athabasca Tar (Oil) Sands? Back to question board

  23. Nuclear 200 Points Nuclear power plants use this atomic element to generate heat and boil water into steam.

  24. Nuclear 200 Points What is uranium? Back to question board

  25. Nuclear 400 Points At the centre of a nuclear reactor are these, which are about the size of the tip of your finger.

  26. Nuclear 400 Points What are fuel pellets? Back to question board

  27. Nuclear 600 Points Canadian nuclear reactors use fuel mined in this country.

  28. Nuclear 600 Points What is Canada? Back to question board

  29. Nuclear 800 Points When atoms split and release neutrons, it is known as this.

  30. Nuclear 800 Points What is nuclear fission? Back to question board

  31. Nuclear 1000 Points In Canada, about this percent of electricity generation comes from nuclear energy.

  32. Nuclear 1000 Points What is 17%? Back to question board

  33. Wind 200 Points Wind turbines convert this into electrical energy.

  34. Wind 200 Points What is kinetic energy of moving air (wind)? Back to question board

  35. Wind 400 Points Windmills used to generate electricity are better known by this name.

  36. Wind 400 Points What are wind turbines? Back to question board

  37. Wind 600 Points Several wind turbines are often arranged in groups called this.

  38. Wind 600 Points What are wind farms? Back to question board

  39. Wind 800 Points On average, wind turbines are about this percent efficient.

  40. Wind 800 Points What is 20-25%? Back to question board

  41. Wind 1000 Points The Pickering Nuclear Power Generating Station generates as much electricity as this number of 2 MW wind turbines.

  42. Wind 1000 Points What is 2 000? Back to question board

  43. Other Sources 200 Points This is a device which converts light into electricity.

  44. Other Sources 200 Points What is a solar cell or photoelectric cell? Back to question board

  45. Other Sources 400 Points Wells are drilled deep into the Earth to harness this type of energy.

  46. Other Sources 400 Points What is geothermal? Back to question board

  47. Other Sources 600 Points This energy source can be used to replace coal in some types of generating stations.

  48. Other Sources 600 Points What is biomass (plant material)? Back to question board

  49. Other Sources 800 Points This type of power plant uses energy from moving ocean water.

  50. Other Sources 800 Points What is a tidal barrage? Back to question board

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