Energy Resources

What is an example of a alternative energy resource?

• hydroelectric
• oil
• coal
• fossil fuel

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

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Natural Gas
• Forever Fuels
• Coal

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Biomass
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Wind Energy
• Forever Fuels

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

• 25%
• 45%
• 61%
• 86%

Energy that uses heat that comes from within the Earth is called what?

• Geophysical
• Geography
• Geothermal
• Geographic

Energy source used to replace fossil fuels.

• alternative
• renewable
• nonrenewable
• recyclable

A main disadvantage to solar energy is it

• Produces too much energy.
• Causes wind.
• Is expensive.
• Causes heat.

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources?

• cheap
• potential
• renewable
• chemical