Questions 21 – 25 are based on the passage and graph below.

  1. During which year was the increase in hydroelectric power the least?
    • 1995
    • 1998
    • 2000
    • 1990

  2. Why is hydroelectric power considered to be a cleaner source of energy than fossil fuels?
    • hydro plants emit less atmospheric pollutants
    • hydro plants emit no atmospheric pollutants
    • hydro plants avoid the risk of radioactive contamination
    • hydro plants flood agricultural lands and forests

  3. Which of the following best describes the reading passage?
    • hydroelectricity is an environmental hazard
    • How hydroelectricity is produced
    • Hydroelectricity in Canada
    • Hydroelectricity

 

  1. In the third paragraph what does the word penstock mean?
    • a pipe that carries water to the turbine
    • water resting at the higher level
    • the driving force of water
    • another word for dam

  2. Which of the following statements is not true?
    • hydroelectricity is cleaner than burning fossil fuels
    • hydroelectricity is safer than nuclear power
    • hydroelectricity plants convert kinetic energy to electricity
    • 97% of the current total electricity production comes form, hydroelectricity