Most hydroelectric power plants have a dam and a reservoir. These structures may obstruct fish migration and affect their populations. Operating a hydroelectric power plant may also change the water temperature and the river's flow. These changes may harm native plants and animals in the river and on land. Reservoirs may cover people's homes, important natural areas, agricultural land, and archaeological sites. So building dams can require relocating people. Methane, a strong greenhouse gas, may also form in some reservoirs and be emitted to the atmosphere. Reservoir construction is "drying up" in the United States Gosh, hydroelectric power sounds great -- so why don't we use it to produce all of our power? Mainly because you need lots of water and a lot of land where you can build a dam and reservoir, which all takes a LOT of money, time, and construction. In fact, most of the good spots to locate hydro plants have already been taken. In the early part of the century hydroelectric plants supplied a bit less than one-half of the nation's power, but the number is down to about 10 percent today. The trend for the future will probably be to build small-scale hydro plants that can generate electricity for a single community. As this chart shows, the construction of surface reservoirs has slowed considerably in recent years. In the middle of the 20th Century, when urbanization was occurring at a rapid rate, many reservoirs were constructed to serve peoples' rising demand for water and power. Since Hydroelectric energy is produced by the force of falling water. The capacity to produce this energy is dependent on both the available flow and the height from which it falls. Building up behind a high dam, water accumulates potential energy. This is transformed into mechanical energy when the water rushes down the sluice and strikes the rotary blades of turbine. The turbine's rotation spins electromagnets which generate current in stationary coils of wire. Finally, the current is put through a transformer where the voltage is increased for long distance transmission over power lines.
Hydroelectric-power production in the United States and the world!
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Answer:
The classification of organisms as either a prokaryote or a eukaryote is based on the structure of the organism's cell nucleus
Explanation:
The etymology of the word 'karyote' in both 'prokaryote' and 'eukaryote', is derived from a Greek word that explains the nucleus.
An organism having a true nucleus (i.e a nucleus surrounded by a nuclear membrane) in its cell(s), is classified as a eukaryote.
'Eu' in the word 'eukaryote', is derived from a Greek word that means 'true'.
A prokaryote is an organism that lacks a definite nucleus, hence, having its genetic materials suspended freely in the cyoplasm without a special nuclear membrane enclosing it, aside from its plasma membrane.
Answer:
Energy
Explanation:
The elephant is getting energy when the bond is broken into sucrose because as sucrose is broken down, it is hydrolized by enzymes sucrase which break the glycosidic bond and convert it to glucose and fructose in the upper gastrointestinal tracts. Glucose and fructose are then absorbed into the blood stream which glucose serve as energy source or stored as glycogen in the gastrointestinal tracts.
<span>The most affected organelles are the mitochondria. Since the movement is energy mitochondria provide the energy needed for the muscle tissue contraction using up ATP in the process. And since oxygen is needed for the production of ATP when consumption of ATP is ramped up it also needs more oxygen to replenish the ATP consumed in exercise. Hence the accelerated breath.</span>
Answer:
pulmonary vein
Explanation:
The pulmonary veins
transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
It helps complete the pulmonary circuit, by receiving oxygenated blood in the alveoli and returning it to the left atrium.
