Understanding Renewable Energy

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

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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_________is energy generated when moving water turns turbines.

• Wind
• Hydro
• Geothermal
• Solar

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A disadvantage of solar energy is

• that the clouds can block the sunlight
• it is not available at night
• that the clouds can block the sunlight and it is not available at night
• the sun is too hot to be absorbed in solar panels

Renewable energy means we will not run out.

• True
• False

Most forms of renewable energy produce a small amount of pollution from the generators that help to produce electricity. Which form of energy below does not use a turbine and generator for electricity?

• Hydroelectric
• Wind
• Solar
• Coal

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

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Electrical energy in a circuit

• series or parallel

• current

• resistance

• voltage

Where does most of earth`s energy come from?

• The sun
• Mars
• Wind
• Water

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