What impact do nuclear power plants have on water resources? (site 1)

Nuclear power plants impact the water resources by making them inhabitable for the survival of aquatic species.

Explanation:

Nuclear power plants need huge amounts of water in order to cool the reactors down. This water is fetched from nearby resources of freshwater resulting in an imbalance in the availability of water in the resources. Secondly, the water that is cooled down and used to keep the reactors cold is released back in the same resources of water. This addition of excessively cold water makes it hard for the aquatic species to sustain the drastic change in the temperature of the water.

Mantle convection is the process that drives plate tectonics. the theory of plate tectonics states that the crust is divided into plates that float on the semi molten mantle below. the circular motion of the magma as it slowly rises and falls or move though convection cells drags the plates along causing them to move. the heat source in the lamp would represent the earth's core. the core is the source of energy that drives convection in the mantle. the lava represents molten magma under the earth's surface. if the lava lamp had floating pieces they would move as the circular motion of the lava in the lamp as it rises and falls would move them along the surface. these floating pieces would represent pieces of the earth's crust.