Q.1
Which environmental issue(s) would the use of wind generation help to tackle?
  • Climate change
  • Ozone depletion
  • The decline of birds of prey
  • Otter conservation
Q.2
Which of the following locations would be the least suitable for a wind farm?
  • In the Lake District National Park
  • In a city
  • In a disused quarry
  • None of the above would be properly suitable
Q.3
Which of the following is an advantage of wind generation?
  • It does not create any polluting gases as it generates electricity
  • It is extremely cheap to set up
  • It causes absolutely no disturbance to the environment
  • All of the above
Q.4
Some resources need to be managed in order to make sure that they remain available for human use. These resources are referred to as being:
  • renewable
  • replaceable
  • sustainable
  • continual
Q.5
Which of the following is a disadvantage of wind generation?
  • Each turbine can only generate a relatively small quantity of electricity
  • Each turbine does not generate electricity all of the time
  • Installing wind turbines can damage fragile environments
  • All of the above
Q.6
The term NIMBY is an acronym for ' ' and is applied to people who object to developments near their home for personal reasons. Which of the following objections might people have to the installation of a wind farm local to their homes?
  • Turbines have been linked to cancer
  • The appearance of the turbines would spoil their view and the noise would be disturbing to them
  • It would prevent the plants in their garden from growing because there would alway be a shadow from the turbines of the wind farm
  • Soot from the turbines would land on their paintwork and damage it
Q.7
Wind generation is renewable. Which of the following statements is NOT false?
  • Wind generation requires careful management to make sure that we don't run out
  • Wind generation is considered as being renewable because it is new wind that blows every day
  • The renewable fuel required to run wind turbines is extremely expensive
  • Wind generation will be around for as long as the Earth has an atmosphere
Q.8
The device used to generate the electricity from the wind is called a:
  • wind tower
  • electric propellor
  • wind harvester
  • wind turbine
Q.9
What is the name given to a collection of wind turbines?
  • Wind farm
  • An amega (stands for air mass electrical generation array)
  • Air farm
  • Wind harvester
Q.10
What is an 'off-shore' wind farm?
  • One that has been built without using any kind of plan
  • One that has been built without the designers being sure that there will be enough wind
  • One that has been built out at sea in shallow water
  • It's a term used to describe a wind farm that is producing far more electricity than was predicted
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