Energy

Fossil Fuels are fuels

• formed from the decaying remains of plants only
• formed from the decaying remains of plants and animals that were compressed over a short period of time
• formed from the decaying remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago
• formed from decaying food

Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Moving water
• Dung

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

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuel
• Forever Fuel

What type of renewable resource am I? Waste products like trees, plants, grains, algae, manure, garbage, sewage, and paper can be converted into energy by burning.

• Nonrenewable
• Geothermal 
• Biomass
• Solar energy 

What type of renewable energy am I? Force of falling water turns giant turbines to create electricity and found inside of dams.

• geothermal 
• biofuels
• hydroelectric
• solar

What best describes the use of nonrenewable sources of energy?

• large amounts of energy may be created

• nonrenewable energy resources are available indefinitely

• transfer of energy from these resources are weak but good for the environment

• there is no need for conservation of these sources

Which of the following is not an alternative energy source?

• wind

• uranium

• biomass

• geothermal

Ethanol, a product from corn, is considered to be all of the following except

• a form of biomass

• a biofuel

• a nonrenewable resource

• a sustainable resource

Which of the following is not an example of a fossil fuel?

• oil

• petroleum

• natural gas

• ethanol

What is a possible disadvantage of using water for electricity?

• ecosystem damage and loss of land

• reduced carbon dioxide emissions

• only suitable for industrial use

• creates reservoirs