Back To All Questions

Types of energy created by a reservoir

Q.

 a) A reservoir like the one pictured above is an artificial lake that stores water. What types of energy does the water in this reservoir possess?

b) Explain how the kinds of energy listed in your previous response could be used for food production by nearby farmers.

Reservoir

Audiences:

Undergraduate

Topics:

NGCI,  Reservoir,  Energy extraction,  Sources of FEW,  Environmental Science,  Environmental Science,  Context,  Environmental Science,  Phenomenon,  Environmental Science,  Question type

Special Instructions

Run your data sheet through each of the models for all scoring of this item.

Associated Publications

FEW questions, many answers: using machine learning to assess how students connect food–energy–water (FEW) concepts

Emily Royse, Amanda Manzanares, Heqiao Wang, Kevin Haudek, Caterina Azzarello, Lydia Horne, Daniel Druckenbrod, Megan Shiroda, Sol Adams, Ennea Fairchild, Shirley Vincent, Steven Anderson, Chelsie Romulo, 2024

Question Instructions

We recommend that you administer these questions as homework and preface the question with these instructions for students:

"For the following question, please respond to the best of your knowledge and using only the information in the question and what you know. Please do not refer to any outside sources (textbooks, notes, internet, etc.). Any reasonable attempt to answer the question will be awarded full credit."

Find Questions

Upload Data

Review