Sources of Energy

Multiple Choice

ENERGY is the ability to do work

• true

• false

​Why are animals replaceable?

Why is food replaceable?


Why is biomass replaceable?

​This one's obvious but why is solar power inexhaustible?

​Inexhaustible = can't run out
in = not
exhausted= tired/can't go any more
(I'm exhausted today)

​As long as water keeps flowing, we can keep using this energy. What causes the water to flow though?

​As long as the center of the earth is still hot, we can keep using this energy.

​Why is wind inexhaustible?

​Actually, they are replaced but it doesn't happen fast enough to replace them in time to use them again.

Multiple Choice

A natural non renewable fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, formed over a very long time in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

• fossil fuel

• hydropower

• geothermal

• wind

Multiple Choice

What is a renewable resource?

• Solar power

• An object you cannot replace

• Fossil fuels

• A resource that has a nearly unlimited supply

Multiple Choice

Two inexhaustible energy resources are ____

• Uranium & biomass

• solar energy & petroleum

• wind energy & coal

• solar energy & wind energy

Multiple Choice

What is an energy source that will never run out.

• Exhaustible 
• Inexhaustible
• Coal and oil 

Multiple Choice

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years. 

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• Petroleum
• Biomass
• Natural gas
• Coal

Multiple Choice

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable  resources because they

• take millions of years to form
• are easily replaced
• are in high demand
• don't pollute the air

​Here are some advantages and disadvantages of some sources of energy.

One Pager

• Use the rest of your time to create a one page poster on one topic. Explain the type of energy and give at least 2 examples. Do it on an A3 paper. Make it colorful. (Due Friday, the 10th)

  1) Non Renewable Energy

  2) Renewable Energy

  3) Inexhaustible Energy