Exercises to the text "Power Stations"

1. Answer the following questions

  1. What is a power station?
  2. What is a power plant also used for?
  3. What do the plants do?
  4. What kinds of energy do you know?
  5. Where is the term “power station” widely used?
  6. What is at the center of all power stations?
  7. What is the function of a generator?
  8. What does the energy source depend on?
  9. What kinds of fuels do you?
  10. What fuels are available in your region?

     2. Find an odd word or word combination:

  1. mechanical, chemical, heat, available, gravitational potential, electrical.
  2. power station, source, generating station, powerhouse, power plant, energy center.
  3. refer to, depend  on, use,  convert, have access, harness, vary, motion.
  4. chiefly, generator, rotating machine, magnetic field, conductor, modular synth.
  5. facility, power, accurately, fuel, energy, technology, station, motion, type.

3. Fill in the missed words or word combinations

  1. A power station  is an industrial ... for the ... of electric power.
  2. At the center of nearly all power stations is a ..., a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
  3. Power plant converts the other forms of energy, like ... energy, ... energy or ... energy into electrical energy.
  4. Power plant is also used to .... the engine in ships, aircraft and other large vehicles. Some prefer to use the ... energy center because it more ... describes what the plants do.
  5. Power plant is the most ... term in the U.S.
  6. The energy ... harnessed to turn the generator varies widely.
  7. The source depends  on which fuels are easily ... .
  8. The source depends on  types of technology that the power company has ... to.
  9. The … “power station” and “power plant” are both widely used.