Unit 7 - Energy Resources

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 

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

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

The energy resource that is most affected by change in weather is_____________?

• geothermal 
• wind
• nuclear
• natural gas

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• milk
• coal
• biomass
• water

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

What is biomass? 

• energy from the sun
• energy from water
• energy from wind
• energy from plant and animal waste

If a river is located in a deep canyon, and has  changing amounts of water , how can this be developed as an energy source?

• A dam could be built to store water
• A well could be dug to hold the water
• Wind turbines could be built on the banks.
• You could fish in the river.

Geothermal Energy is 

• Renewable
• Easily depleted
• Nonrenewable
• Difficult to locate