energy - LL

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

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Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• fire

• steam

• water

• heat

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Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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Petroleum is mainly used in the United States for...

• gasoline for cars

• running coal burning power plants

• making windmills turn

• burning for heat

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

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Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

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Which of these is renewable energy?

• coal

• petroleum

• oil

• biomass

Energy resources that, once used, can replenish themselves and can be used again and again are called:

• Non-renewable

• Renewable

• Finite

• Potential