Energy Resources

Energy is renewable. This is an advantage of _____.

• Fossil Fuels
• Nuclear
• Biomass
• Coal

Provide a large amount of thermal energy, easy to transport, generates electrical energy, and used to make plastics and other artificial products. This is an advantage of _______.

• Biomass
• Geothermal
• Hydroelectric
• Fossil Fuels

Unlimited; Power plants require little land.  This is an advantage of _____.

• Geothermal
• Hydroelectric
• Biomass
• Solar

Practical only in locations near hot spots and the waste water can damage soil. This is a disadvantage of ____.

• Solar
• Wind
• Geothermal
• Hydroelectric

Air pollution from burning cause acid rain.  This is a disadvantage of ____.

• Fossil fuels
• Solar
• Geothermal
• Nuclear

Very concentrated forms of energy; power plants do not produce smog.

• Biomass
• Nuclear
• Coal
• Solar

Requires large areas of farmland and produces smog. This is a disadvantage of ____.

• Hydroelectric
• Fossil Fuels
• Wind
• Biomass

Nonrenewable; Produce radioactive waste.  This is a disadvantage of _____.

• Coal
• Oil
• Gas
• Nuclear

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

Generators are used to produce electricity from all of these sources EXCEPT _____.

• solar
• wind
• hydroelectric
• nuclear