Solar, wind or hydroelectric?
1. Use one word to complete the gaps in each group of sentences.
a. They spend the summer in a cabin near a huge ………………………… plant.
These small solar farms ………………………… individual buildings.
To avoid blackouts, the ………………………… grid operators decided to diversify energy sources.
b. Only 10% of the company’s ………………………… managers are women.
Solar farms ………………………… energy in massive batteries.
You never know what’s in ………………………… for you.
c. They ………………………………….. a lot of candy.
The desert receives 100 times more energy from the Sun than that ………………………………….. by humanity annually.
He was ………………………………….. with jealousy.
d. The force of water …………………………………. energy into the local grid.
The cow …………………………………. in the pasture.
The system …………………………………. updates to the team.
e. They run a small ………………………….… .
They ………………………….… the land that belonged to their grandparents.
The solar ………………………….… was subsidized by the local government.
f. We needed time to ………………………….… on what to do next.
The statistics ………………………….… an increase in sales.
Mirrors ………………………….… the sunlight into a receiver.
2.In each line, choose one word that doesn’t collocate with the word in bold.
a. absorb reflect implement transmit generate light
b. transmit pump harness store absorb water
c. convert harness store pump power air
d. generate convert transmit reflect harness electricity
e. transmit pump store absorb generate energy
3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box in the correct forms.
absorb coating cooling dam generator turbine
a. The anti-reflective ………………………………… on the surface increase the structure’s efficiency.
b. The energy from the flow is fed into an electric ………………………………… .
c. Some of it is ………………………………… as heat.
d. The farms have an impact on the landscape as the ………………………………… are spread over big areas.
e. And the ………………………………… systems employed by many farms can use huge amounts of energy powering fans or moving water to maintain optimal temperatures.
f. It is a flexible source of energy because ………………………………… and reservoirs can be easily controlled.
Grading method: Highest grade