Power Stations- renewable and non-renewable

Resources that are not able to be replenished 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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In a fosiil fuel power station, coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• fire

• steam

• water

• heat

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

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

• nuclear power station

• hydroelectric power station

• solar station

• coal burning power station

What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

What type of power station uses scraps from farming, waste products and aniomal droppings to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric power station

• Geothermal power station

• Biomass power station

• Nuclear power station

Radioactive uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power nuclear.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy

Which of these are renewable resources?

• coal

• wind

• geothermal

• hydroelectric

• biomass