Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt lets you use each section of the TVA Kids Site as a learning module. Students access a list of questions on a particular section of the site. The questions in the following sets (for grades 4 through 8) link to the particular pages in each section where the answers can be found.
What
Is TVA?
How
many people use TVA power?
In 1930, how many Americans
living on farms had electricity?
Who developed the Cherokee
alphabet?
Why did the U.S. government
set up TVA?
Who was Senator George Norris?
What is a power co-op?
What was the New Deal?
How many tax dollars go to run the TVA
power system each year?
How long is the Tennessee River?
What is an economic development loan?
Your Environment
What
is solar energy?
What is the Clean Boating
Campaign?
What is a watershed?
What’s the difference
between a reservoir and a lake?
How much money has TVA spent to reduce
air pollution at its coal-burning power plants?
Where is the Copper Basin? What did TVA do there to help the environment?
How much of the water we use is
flushed down the toilet or washed down the shower or bathtub drain?
What does “biodegradable” mean?
What is the Natural Heritage Project?
What is a selective catalytic reduction
system used for?
How many acres of land has TVA set
aside to preserve wildlife habitats?
Making Electricity
What
is “renewable” energy?
What fuel does a nuclear power plant
use?
How can planting trees in your
yard change how much energy your family uses?
What did Ben Franklin prove by
flying a kite in a thunderstorm?
Why should you fly a
kite on sunny days rather than stormy days?
What does a step-down transformer
do?
What is the leading source of renewable
energy in the United States?
If TVA’s power lines were
strung from coast to coast, how many times would they cross the United
States?
How much can your family save
on its heating bill by turning the thermostat down one degree?
What is a combustion turbine?
Running the River
How
many dams does TVA use for reducing flood damage?
In the 1996 Olympics athletes from all over the
world came to the Tennessee Valley to compete on this river. What was
the Olympic event, and what was the river?
How many semi-trucks does it take to carry
as much as one river barge?
In what way does the Tennessee River system
work like a staircase?
Name three ways the Tennessee River system
benefits the public.
What do TVA Watershed Teams do?
What does TVA do each year to prepare for
the heavy rains of winter in the Tennessee Valley?
How does shipping goods on the Tennessee
River help keep old tires out of landfills?
How many acres of water do TVA reservoirs provide
for water fun?
How much flood damage do TVA reservoirs prevent
each year?