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Week 4 Alternative Energy

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  • McDonalds restaurants are u__________________. (everywhere)
    ubiquitous
  • ______________________ is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.
    Urbanisation
  • What kind of walk does a drunk person do?
    stagger
  • The man is extremely d_______________.
    dehydrated
  • ______________ is electrical energy generated when falling water from reservoirs or flowing water from rivers, streams or waterfalls.
    hydroelectricity
  • Experts claim that climate change is causing ____________ to melt.
    glaciers
  • "How I met your mother'' and ''Friends" are examples of what kind of TV shows?
    Sitcoms
  • The movement of people or animals from one place to another is called ___________.
    migration
  • The TV show ''The walking Dead'' is about the Zombie _____________.
    apocalypse
  • A small group of people believe the earth is flat and governments around the world are trying to cover it up! The majority know this is a ___________________ _______________
    conspiracy theory
  • Complete the saying; Nothing __________, nothing gained
    ventured
  • What does UFO stand for?
    Unidentified Flying Object
  • The average ________ _______________ of Australian women is 4 years longer than that of men.
    Life expectancy
  • Perth is Australia's most ________ city.
    remote
  • The ______________ of a city is the basic systems and services that are needed in order to support that place, for example, transport , communication systems, electricity and water supplies
    infrastructure
  • Solar, hydro-electric and wind are all forms of ____________ ___________.
    renewable energy
  • To ___________ is to restore (a stock or supply) to a former level or condition.
    replenish
  • The population of the world just s____________ 8 billion.
    surpassed
  • What is in this picture?
    solar panels
  • In Elizabethan London, people used to throw their waste out of the windows as they didn't have a s_______ system at that time.
    sewage/ sanitation
  • _____________ is a prolonged dry period in the natural climate cycle that can occur anywhere in the world
    Drought
  • Krakow is a very _____________ city (pretty like a postcard)
    picturesque
  • The day we r____o_____ of fossil fuels it will ''break the internet''!
    run out
  • what is the name of this native Australian bird?
    Lorikeet
  • If you take measures to offset your carbon footprint you can reach...
    carbon neutral/ carbon neutrality
  • Our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren will i________ the earth from us..
    inherit
  • A fuel that is made from living matter or the waste of living matter.
    biofuel
  • Wind ________ work on a simple principle: wind _______ use wind to make electricity. Wind turns the propeller-like blades of a ______ around a rotor, which spins a generator which creates electricity.
    turbines
  • We cannot t_________ for g__________ we will always have fossil fuel. (Assume we will always have it)
    take for granted
  • What is this and what does it do?
    It's a dam and it's a barrier that controls the flow of water for a reservoir or to create power.
  • How many people are using the internet right now? Answer : c__________
    countless
  • A person can reduce their ___________ _______________ by cycling to work instead of taking their car.
    carbon footprint
  • What is the name of this famous Australian bird?
    A kookaburra
  • Most cars in Australia use p______ as fuel.
    petrol
  • Chernobyl is a ________ power plant in Ukraine that was the site of a disastrous ______ accident on April 26, 1986.
    nuclear