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volcanoes are the main source geothermal energy is not used that much today because the cost of getting the lava from the volcano but also cracks in earths plate boundaries can produce geothermal energy because magma comes out of the earths mantle
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 16y agoCan be by direct heat transfer from hot geothermal water, or the geothermal source can produce electricity if it is hot enough to raise steam for a turbine.
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∙ 15y agoThere are others,but all i know is power lines
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∙ 12y agogeothermal energy is commonly seen as steam, which turns a turbine connected to a generator to generate electricity
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∙ 11y agowater pump
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Which wave type is formed when the waves reach the Earths surface?
L waves are formed when P&S waves reach the surface.
What kind of radiation passes through the atmosphere and reaches the earths surface?
highlight factors which show that heat from the sun does reach th earth surface by convection
How is crude oil brought to earths surface?
oil rigs- they drill in the ground (or in the ground under the sea) until hey reach a pocket of oil. they then connect the pocket to a pipeline and pump it to the surface
Why is geothermal energy unlikely to become a major energy source?
Geothermal heat (from under the earth) is more easily available on the faults between tectonic plates. This is why the Pacific Ring of Fire is a suitable area (California, Japan etc). In other places you have to drill down much further, often several kilometres, to reach hot rocks, and there are easier ways of obtaining renewable energy.
How does geothermal power affect global warming?
geothermal systems are a clean, abundant, and reliable source of renewable energy. Use of geothermal energy for electricity generation or for direct use conserves non-renewable and more polluting resources. Installed geothermal electricity generation capacity world-wide is equivalent to the combustion of nearly 30 million tonnes of coal or the output of about 10 nuclear plants.
What does the city have to do to switch from their energy to geothermal energy?
You have to have a source of geothermal energy within reach, which not many cities have.
How does the geothermal energy reach earths surface?
Through convection. Since a hot object rises over a cold object (assuming they are the same object), the plastic rock in the mantle allows vents to bring up heat from deep within.
Would more of the suns energy reach the earths surface on a sunny day or a cloudy day?
More energy will reach the surface on a sunny day. Clouds reflect about half of the light that hits them, and this energy goes back into space.
Which type of light energy found in solar radation is most likely to reach the earths surface?
visible light
How and where is geothermal energy generated?
Geothermal energy continually flows outward from within the earth. This heat energy comes mostly from the core, where temperature may reach 7000°C. The earth's crust is 5 to 75 km thick, and the heat can be used as an energy source where it is available near the surface because there is a thin crust or a fracture zone.
Would more of the sun's energy reach a particular part of earths surface on a sunny day or on a cloudy day and why?
It would probably reach an area where it is sunny when the other area is cloudy
Which wave type is formed when the waves reach the Earths surface?
L waves are formed when P&S waves reach the surface.
Which wave type is formed when the wave reach the earths surface?
L waves are formed when P&S waves reach the surface.
How the natural world is affected by the energy?
by cutting down land and trees to dig holes in earth to reach the geothermal energy
Is it true that only three or four meteorites reach earths surface each year?
No it is not true. Many, many meteorites reach the earth's surface.
When uplifted rocks reach the earths weathering erosion and deposition begin?
when uplifted rocks reach the Earth's Surface, weathering, erosion, and deposition begin
How does energy from earthquake reach earth surface?
energy reachs earth surface through seismic waves: P waves S waves and Surface waves
