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  • What does the boiler do?
    Heats water into steam
  • Non-renewable
    Neobnovitelný
  • Penstock
    Vodní potrubí
  • What machine changes movement into electricity?
    Generator
  • Why is hydroelectric power renewable?
    Because water can be used again and again
  • Translate: řeka
    River
  • Blades
    Lopatky
  • Boiler
    Kotel
  • What does the generator produce?
    Electricity
  • Name one disadvantage of hydroelectric plants.
    Flooding valleys / Fish migration problems
  • Fuel
    Palivo
  • What does the gearbox do?
    Makes the shaft spin faster
  • Dam
    Přehradní hráz
  • Coal plants are often built near ______ because they need cooling water.
    Rivers or seas
  • The blades spin the shaft, and the shaft turns the ______.
    Generator
  • Wind farm
    Větrná farma
  • Shaft
    Hřídel
  • Translate: lopatky
    Blades
  • Coal
    Uhlí
  • Where are many wind farms built?
    Near the sea or in open areas
  • Pollution
    Znečištění
  • Wind turbine
    Větrná turbína
  • What turns the turbine?
    Steam
  • Electricity
    Elektrická energie
  • River
    Řeka
  • What machine produces electricity?
    Generator
  • Name one disadvantage of coal power plants.
    Pollution / Carbon dioxide
  • What fuel is burned in a coal power plant?
    Coal
  • Translate: převodovka
    Gearbox
  • Renewable
    Obnovitelný
  • Hub
    Náboj
  • What is one disadvantage of wind power?
    Noisy / Weather-dependent
  • Translate: přehrada hráz
    Dam
  • What is one advantage of wind power?
    Renewable / Clean
  • Noise
    Hluk
  • Steam
    Pára
  • Reservoir
    Přehrada
  • What is pumped uphill at night in pumped storage?
    Water
  • Translate: kotel
    Boiler
  • Pumped storage
    Čerpací akumulace
  • Turbine
    Turbína
  • Carbon dioxide
    Oxid uhličitý
  • Gearbox
    Převodovka
  • What makes the turbine spin?
    Flowing water
  • Cooling water
    Chladicí voda
  • Landscape
    Krajina
  • Where is water stored in a hydroelectric power plant?
    Reservoir
  • What carries water to the turbine?
    Penstock
  • Translate: uhlí
    Coal
  • Generator
    Generátor
  • What gas is produced by burning coal?
    Carbon dioxide
  • What part of the wind turbine spins in the wind?
    Blades
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