Nonrenewable and Renewable Energy

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil. 
• B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

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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

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What is a problem that is linked to the burning of fossil fuels?

• Global Warming
• geothermal energy
• solar power panels
• none of the above

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Why is Coal a useful energy source?

• Stored and used later
• Cheap
• Transportation doesn't involve high amount of upkeep
• All of the above

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Exxon Valdez and the BP Horizon are just 2 of the many examples of disasters involving spills of this fossil fuel into marine environments. 

• Coal
• Oil/ Petroleum
• Natural Gas

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Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels
• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
  
• Solar energy recharges batteries
• All of them

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_____________ power is electricity produced by flowing water.

• Solar 
• Wind 
• Hydroelectric 
• water

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Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

• pollution

• energy

• wind

• light

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Energy produced by burning organic matter such as wood, food scraps, and animal matter is called______________ energy.

• Biomass
• Thermal energy
• Solar
• Wind

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