Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources

What are fossil fuels?

• Bones from animals that lived a long time ago.

• Liquids and gasses formed from dead plants and animals.

• A source of energy which can be quickly replenished.

True or False. The burning of fossil fuels is the biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions.

• True

• False

Where does coal come from?

• Water

• The sun.

• Fossilized plants.

Where does oil come from?

• Waves.

• Fossilized animals.

• Heat from the earth.

Where does the fuel for nuclear power come from?

• Radioactive materials which are mined.

• Heat from the earth.

• Fossilized plants.

Natural gas is.

• Usable energy from the sun.

• Methane which naturally occurs under the land and sea.

• Energy harnessed from movement in water.

Which of the following is not burned and used for heating.

• Coal

• Nuclear

• Oil

Which of the following is usable energy obtained from the sun or light.

• Wind power.

• Oil.

• Solar power.

Which type of energy is created by the movement of water caused by tides.

• Tidal energy

• Wind energy

• Geothermal power.

This form of energy comes from the heat found under the earth in volcanic regions.

• WInd

• Geothermal

• Nuclear