Sustainable Energy Objective Sheet Name ________________________
Date ______________ Period _____
1.
2.
Name the four types of solar power.
Explain how a concentrated solar tower system works and what it has in common with a coal fired power
plant.
3. How does a concentrated solar tower system provide energy at night or on cloudy days?
4. Which of the solar power systems create electricity? Which one only heats a home or water?
5. How so photovoltaic systems provide energy on cloudy days or at night?
6. Explain the difference between grid-connected solar systems and stand-alone systems.
7. Describe examples of how photovoltaic systems are being used today.
8. Which countries are already using a lot of solar power and how did they make this happen?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar power?
10. What effects are Germany and China having on the solar energy market?
11. Explain how a wind turbine generates electricity. What does it have in common with a coal fired power
plant?
12. Why is there a minimum and maximum wind speed for turbines?
13. What state is #1 for the kWh of electricity of wind power produced?
14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using wind power?
15. What is the electric “grid” and how does it allow Houstonians to use wind power?
16. What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? Give several examples of each.
17. Explain why solar and wind power are more sustainable than fossil fuels.
18. How might the move toward solar and wind power affect the Houston job market? How might it affect our
ship channel?
19. Compare centralized power to distributed power.
20. Why are energy efficiency and conservation considered to be the “easiest” alternative energies to use?
21. Give five examples of energy efficient appliances or things.
22. Give five examples of behaviors that can save energy.
23. Explain how electric vehicles work and give several examples of electric vehicles available today.
24. What are the tradeoffs of electric vehicles? What is the most logical use for these types of vehicles?
25. What steps has Houston taken to promote electric vehicles?
26. What is an LEED building?
27. Describe characteristics of an LEED building and give several Houston examples.
28. Explain how nuclear fission works in four steps.
29. Describe the production of electricity in a nuclear power plant. How is the fission chain reaction
controlled?
30. How many nuclear reactors are there in Texas, and where are they?
31. What happened at Chernobyl ,Three Mile Island and Fukashima? What caused these accidents, where were
they and what were the outcomes of each?
32. What are the major advantages and disadvantages associated with nuclear energy?
33. What is the difference between low level and high level nuclear waste? Where is each of these stored?
34. What are “4th generation reactors” and how would they help with the issue of nuclear waste?
35. What effects does radiation have on a body?
36. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of solar/wind/nuclear to the use of fossil fuels.
Tues April 28
Wednesday April 29/Thursday April 30
Friday May 1
Interactive
notebook: Solar
Electricity
Interactive
Notebook: Wind
power
Interactive
notebook:
Distributed power
Mon May 4th
Tues May 5th
Interactive notebook: Solar Heating
Classifying Thinking map: 4 solar types
Quiz – Solar power Obj #1-10
Plan Solar ovens!
Wed May 6th
Thurs May 7th
STARR testing
Algebra 1
STAAR testing
Biology
STAAR testing US Hist
Non-testers report 1:10
Non-testers
report1:10
Non-testers
report1:10
Periods 1&2
Periods 3&4
Periods 5,6
NO LATE START
Periods 1-7
Build wind turbines
Quiz – Wind Obj
#11-15
Compare Wind and
solar
Fri May 8th
Blade design
contest! Test those
wind blades!
Build solar ovens
May 11
May 12
May 13/May 14th
May 15
Interactive
Notebook:
Efficiency and
Electric Cars
Interactive
Notebook:
LEED buildings
Quiz – Distributed power and efficiency Obj
#16-25
Video: Killowatt
Ours
May 18th
May 19th
Final Exam
Review Packet to
all students
Exam review
Interactive Notebook: Nuclear power – how it
works, what are the risks?
Finals review packet to seniors
May 20th
May 21st
Regular Block 1,3,5,7
(Senior finals periods
5,7)
Regular Block 2,4,6
(senior finals 6th)
May 22nd
Spring Finals
Periods 1,2 everyone
Lap Top collection
May 25th
NO SCHOOL –
Memorial Day
May 26th
Finals periods 3,4
(including
seniors!)
Review for others
May 27th
Finals periods 5,6
May 28th
7th period finals
underclassmen
Peace! Happy
Summer! Go forth
and grow in
sustainability!