Renewable Energy Practice Test 9

1. What are geopressurised resources?

Decreased pressure in the geothermal reservoir

Increased temperature in the geothermal reservoir

Increased pressure in the geothermal reservoir

Decreased temperature in the geothermal reservoir

2. Biomass is used to produce electricity.

False

True

3. What is hot dry rock geothermal resource made of?

Granite

Soil

Solid carbon dioxide

Liquid nitrogen

4. What is continental drift?

Continents being pulled due to nuclear force

Continents being pulled due to gravitational force

Tectonic plates expanding

Tectonic plates pushing against each other

5. Why do binary power plants emit less amounts of pollutants?

Because they inject water back into the ground after atmospheric exposition

Because they release steam into a local water body

Because they inject water back into the ground without any atmospheric exposition

Because they release steam into the atmosphere

6. ________ water is used by The Geysers facility in California.

Cold

Hot

Waste

Fresh

7. Who initiated electricity generation from geothermal energy?

Italians

Africans

Americans

Indians

8. Which of the following is responsible for the volcanic geothermal heat?

Water

Supercritical water

Hot dry rock

Carbon dioxide

9. Which of the following are keys to design a gasifier?

Reducing biomass to charcoal and converting charcoal at suitable temperature to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen

Oxidizing biomass to charcoal and converting charcoal at suitable temperature to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen

Reducing biomass to charcoal and converting charcoal at suitable temperature to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen

Oxidizing biomass to charcoal and converting charcoal at suitable temperature to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen

10. Which of the following affect the usage of hydrothermal resources?

Type of water and steam

Location of the site and depth of the source

Temperature and location of the site

Temperature and depth of the source