Energy Sources

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products
• Form underground from dead organisms.
  
• Replaced in a short period of time
• Allow energy to pass through them easily

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Moving water
• Dung

 Energy from the sun is known as......... 

• hydroelectric energy
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• wind energy

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• milk
• coal
• biomass
• water

What are two advantages of geothermal energy?

• cheap and a lot pollution
• expensive and a lot of pollution
• cheap and little pollution
• expensive and little pollution

What is a disadvantage to Hydroelectricity?

• lots and lots of pollution
• Kills wild bird population
• Radioactive waste
• Increases potential for flooding 

If a business is considered to be "green", how could you add to the electrical power system? 

• use hydroelectricity
• add solar panels to roof
• use nuclear power
• use a coal powered generator