Energy Resources- Renewable and Non Renewable

What is an example of a renewable resource?

• hydroelectric
• oil
• coal
• fossil fuel

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What is a non renewable resource?

• water
• wind
• coal
• biomass

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

• 25%
• 45%
• 61%
• 86%

Why don't we use solar energy or geothermal energy as much as we could?

• The sun and geothermal energy are limited.
• The sun and geothermal are too weak in certain areas.
• The set-up cost is too expensive.
• The machines are too large.

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__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Forever Fuels

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

What is a fossil fuel?

• oil
• biomass
• wind 
• hydro

Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun? 

• Geothermal
• Solar
• Wind
• Hydrogen

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What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? 

• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Petroleum 
• Coal

Energy we get from earth's interior heat.

• Geothermal
• Solar Energy 
• Wind Energy 
• Hydroelectricity