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The simplist expaination is water falls from the greater height, to the lower passing turbine blades, causing them to turn, which then turn the genrators which produce electricity.
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What tools are needed to make hydroelectric power?
Normally, hydroelectric power requires a dam and a turbine. It is possible to use a water mill instead of a dam.
What is a dam How is it useful to us?
A dam is used to make an artificial lake in a river which can be used to generate hydroelectric power or as a reservoir.
What geographical features are needed when building a hydroelectric dam?
what geogaphical features are needed when building a hydroelectric dam
Where does hydropower come from?
Dams such as Hoover Dam or the dams of the Niagra River generate hydroelectric power.
One step in the production of hydroelectric power involves?
tides that pour through a barrier dam
What makes a hydroelectric dam efficient?
a hydroelectric dam is efficient because it generates power
What is a source of hydroelectric power?
A hydroelectric river dam like, Three Gorges Dam.
What does a dam produce?
Hydroelectric power
What uses Hydroelectric power?
Hydroelectric power plants. They have dams and generators. Water flows through a dam, which spins generators that produce hydroelectric electricity. (Fun Fact: The Hoover Dam is the biggest hydroelectric power plant.)
How can you use hydroelectric in a sentence?
The Hoover Dam generates hydroelectric power.
What tools are needed to make hydroelectric power?
Normally, hydroelectric power requires a dam and a turbine. It is possible to use a water mill instead of a dam.
What is the definiton of hydroelectric dam?
A hydroelectric dam uses the force of flowing water to drive turbines which generate electric power.
Can you add hydroelectric power to a dam that already exists?
yes
What are the advantages and of generating electricity using a hydroelectric dam?
TVA
What is the purpose of the Ice Harbor Dam?
Ice Harbor Dam is a hydroelectric dam. This means that the dam generates electricity by using hydropower, or water.
Is the hydroelectric dam used to provide power for homes in Singapore?
Yes
Where is the world's tallest dam?
Tajikistan, hydroelectric power station Nurek.
