Question 2 of 21

Fact or fiction: Currently the majority of commercial geothermal plants use wind energy to produce hydrothermal power.

... Commercial geothermal plants use hydrothermal energy (hot water and steam from beneath the Earth's surface) to create electricity.

Question 3 of 21

Fact or fiction: Geothermal energy is considered to be a renewable form of energy.

... Fact: It's considered renewable because the Earth contains an unlimited source of heat! Extracting that heat has a negligible impact when compared to the total amount of heat contained in the Earth.

Question 4 of 21

Fact or fiction: The name "geothermal" is derived from the Spanish words 'geo' meaning hot and 'therme' meaning rising.

... In Greek, 'geo' means earth and 'therme' means heat.

Question 5 of 21

Fact or fiction: Ireland was the first country to produce electricity using geothermal energy.

... Italy was the first country to produce electricity using geothermal activity. Perhaps this isn't surprising since ancient Romans used geothermal energy for heating, cooking and bathing.

Question 6 of 21

Fact or fiction: The three types of geothermal plants are: dry steam plants, wet steam plants and flash steam plants.

... Almost ... the three types of geothermal plants being used commercially are dry steam plants, flash steam plants and binary plants.

Question 7 of 21

Fact or fiction: Like wind, water and solar energy, geothermal energy isn't perfect.

... Geothermal plants produce solid wastes that are often dumped in hazardous waste sites.

Question 8 of 21

Fact or fiction: The act of piping hot water directly from hot springs or geothermal reservoirs into homes and buildings is known as 'direct geothermal energy.'

... When there are hot springs or geothermal reservoirs close to the Earth's surface, hot water can be pumped directly into homes and buildings. This is known as direct geothermal energy.

Question 9 of 21

Fact or fiction: Geothermal heat pumps have a component specifically for heating hot water called a geosuperheater.

... Another close one. Although the word desuperheater sounds like the name of a comic book hero or rap star, it's not. Desuperheater is the part of a GHP that heats the water.

Question 10 of 21

Fact or fiction: The name of the the most active geothermal area in the world is also the name of a Johnny Cash hit single.

... The most geothermal activity occurs in an area called the Ring of Fire, which rims the Pacific Ocean.

Question 11 of 21

Fact or fiction: GHP stands for geothermal heat processor, and it is part of your thermostat.

... GHP stands for geothermal heat pump, and installing one saves money.

Question 12 of 21

Fact or fiction: The Midwest United States produces the most geothermal energy.

... The majority of geothermal energy production occurs in the western United States and Hawaii.

Question 13 of 21

Fact or fiction: In terms of electricity production, geothermal energy ranks 2nd in the United States.

... Geothermal energy is the 4th largest producer of electricity in the United States. Its popularity is heating up and it will most likely move up the ranks in the not-so-distant future.

Question 14 of 21

Fact or fiction: Geothermal energy currently produces enough electricity to meet the needs of 10 million people worldwide.

... Enough electricity for 60 million people is created using geothermal energy.

Question 15 of 21

Fact or fiction: One of the most common uses of geothermal energy in the agriculture business is drying crops.

... Many farmers use geothermal energy for drying crops.

Question 16 of 21

Fact or fiction: Geothermal hot spots only occur in the same places as geysers.

... Geothermal hot spots occur where there are fault lines, geysers AND volcanoes.

Question 17 of 21

Fact or fiction: India produces the largest amount of geothermal energy.

... The United States produces the largest amount of geothermal energy.

Question 18 of 21

Fact or fiction: U.S. residents receive a 5 percent tax credit for installing geothermal heat pumps in private homes.

... Install a geothermal heat pump in your home and you'll get a 30 percent tax credit!

Question 19 of 21

Fact or fiction: The Geysers, a geothermal energy plant in California, produces 10 times the amount of renewable energy than wind and solar combined.

... The Geysers produces twice the amount of energy than wind and solar combined.

Question 20 of 21

Fact or fiction: According to the U.S. Department of Energy geothermal energy could power the U.S. for 3,000 years.

... According to the U.S. Department of Energy geothermal energy could power the U.S. for 30,000 years.

Question 21 of 21

Fact or fiction: North Carolina has the largest commercial geothermal field in commercial use.

... Fiction: California has the largest commercial geothermal field.

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