Green Warrior Class 5 Affordable and Clean Energy

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

Hydro-electricity uses the flow of water to spin turbines. While it is "Clean" because it doesn't burn fuel, building giant dams can sometimes harm "Life on Land." How?

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A Dams make the water too salty for fish to breathe.
B It causes the water to turn into steam and disappear.
C Large areas of forests and animal homes are flooded to create the dam's reservoir.
D The spinning turbines make the wind blow too fast.

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Answer: C. Large areas of forests and animal homes are flooded to create the dam's reservoir.

Answer: (C)
Simple Explanation: Even clean energy has a "trade-off." To make a big dam, we often have to flood a huge area of land, which means the animals and plants living there lose their homes.

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Hydro-electricity uses the flow of water to spin turbines. While it is "Clean" because it doesn't burn fuel, building giant dams can sometimes harm "Life on Land." How?

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