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Everyday Energy
Questions/answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is this story about? | The many ways that energy works |
| What does the author describe in the passage? | The ways in which potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. |
| What is one meaning of the word reservoir? | A place where water is collected and stored. |
| Give an example of how the word reservoir or form of the word is used. | The Dam provides water to crops, but also to people. |
| What is the definition of potential energy? | Chemically or physically stored with an object, atom or molecule. |
| What is the definition of kinetic energy? | Movement |
| Where is the Hoover Dam located? When was it constructed? | The black canyon of the Colorado river between 1931 and 1936. |
| What are the two means by which the waters of Lake mead can escape the dam? | The Arizona and Nevada spillways. |
| Name the states to which the Hoover dam provides power? | California, Nevada and Arizona. |
| In which year was the greatest amount of energy produced? | 1984 |