Hydropower

A. provides about 90% of the electricity in Europe.
B. is most important in rivers and streams.
C. uses the potential energy of large standing water bodies to produce electricity.
D. can emit methane from the decomposition of submerged vegetation in reservoirs.
E. is expected to grow in large-scale plants in the future.


Answer: D

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

Granite exfoliation domes are produced by the weathering process of _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Homeostasis refers to

A. spatial homogeneity. B. a tendency to change. C. equilibrium. D. the environment.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Growing sugar beets for sugar, as an alternative to importing sugar made from sugar cane, is an example of

A) import substitution. B) a quaternary sector activity. C) flexible production. D) vertical disintegration. E) deindustrialization.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Over the last three decades, which country of East Asia has had the slowest economic growth?

A) South Korea B) Taiwan C) China D) North Korea E) Japan

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences