Energy Resources

Which resources are renewable?

• Solar, Wind, Water

• Gas, Oil, Coal

• Fossil Fuels

What is one advantage of using solar power?

• Cloudy days do not impact the collection of solar energy

• Nighttime does not impact the collection of solar energy

• It does not create pollution

• It is affordable to most everybody

What is one disadvantage of using solar power?

• It is free

• At night, no power can be made

• It is renewable

• Greenhouse gases are released

What is one advantage of using wind power?

• It is renewable

• The wind doesn't always blow

• The windmills are far away from people

• Wind farms do not take up a lot of space

What is one disadvantage of using wind power?

• It is nonrenewable

• The wind is everywhere

• It is not always windy

• It releases green house gases

What is one advantage of using water power?

• The dams kill animal habitats

• Water is renewable

• Dams are expensive to build

What is one disadvantage of using water power?

• Dams are expensive to build

• It creates a lot of electricity

• It is renewable

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Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...

• they are expensive

• they are not powerful

• they don't create much pollution

• they are free & available to everyone

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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