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Oil and natural gas result from: the migration of complex carbohydrate molecules to nonporous rock formations, the decay of tiny marine organisms that accumulated on the ocean floor millions of years ago, the burning of high-sulfur, low-grade uranium, the decay of plants that lived in swamps hundreds of thousands of years ago

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the decay of tiny marine organisms that accumulated on the ocean floor millions of years ago

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A(n) ________ is a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil, coal, and natural gas.

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fossil fuel

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The four main purposes of fuel are transportation, manufacturing, heating and cooling buildings, and ...

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generating electricity

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What are the two disadvantages to electricity? Other energy sources have to be used to generate it, and it is...

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difficult to store

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___________ produces electrical energy by moving an electrically conductive material within a magnetic field.

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Generators

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The US uses more than ________ of its energy to transport goods and people.

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25%.

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There is an abundance of oil in which of the following states? Texas and Alaska, Texas and Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arkansas, Nevada and New Mexico

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Texas and Alaska

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Coal forms from the remains of ________ that lived in swamps many years ago.

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plants

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Nearly 1/2 of the energy in the US comes from ________ power plants.

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coal-fired

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Petroleum is also known as _______.

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crude oil