time to put your thinking cap on!
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Time to put your thinking cap on!. Please read the entire board. Please get out objectives #16-19 for a stamp. Coal Formation –. Mountain top removal map. 500+ mountains leveled in West Virginia 1.2 million acres of hardwood forest destroyed - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Please get your interactive notebook and read the board!
Left side:Double Bubble! Compare and contrast coal formation and oil formation
500+ mountains leveled in W Va
1.2 million acres of hardwood forest destroyed
Overburden (rocks, soil) is dumped into river valleys, increasing turbidity and exposure to heavy metals and radioactive materials.
Coal/natural gas – fuel which is burned Furnace – place fuel is burned to turn water
to steam Turbine – steam makes this spin which is
connected to generator Generator – makes electricity sent to your
home
Major air pollutants: CO2, SOx, NOx, particulates, Mercury
Title: How an Electric Power Plant Works
Date: Jan 28/29
PotentialKinetic
•Position•Chemical Bonds
•Heat•Motion•Light•Electricity
2007 – coal provided 50% of US electricity. 2011 – coal provided 34% of US electricity. WHY?
1. Explain how a power plant makes electricity.
2. What type of fuel does our power plant use?
3. Where is our power plant? 4. How is coal formation different from the
formation of oil and natural gas? 5. Name three kinds of air pollution created
by our power plant.