Quiz about Energy Resources Review

Question 1

What is one PRO (positive) of using hydroelectric energy?

Accepted Answer

Hydroelectric energy is a renewable resource

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Hydroelectric energy is a non renewable resource

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Hydroelectric energy depends on fossil fuels

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Hydroelectric energy can be useful anywhere

Question 2

What is one CON (negative) of using Hydroelectric energy?

Accepted Answer

Hydroelectric dams can destroy habitats

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Hydroelectric energy creates carbon dioxide pollution

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Hydroelectric energy is a renewable resource

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Hydroelectric energy generates electricity

Question 3

Why is Nuclear Energy a better choice than fossil fuels?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear energy produces less air pollution

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Nuclear energy is more readily available than fossil fuels

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Nuclear energy erodes the land

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Nuclear energy does not produce harmful waste that needs to be stored

Question 4

How does creating electricity through the use of Biomass energy harm the environment?

Accepted Answer

Burning Biomass contributes to air pollution

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Biomass energy generates hazardous waste that needs to be stored

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Biomass energy does not harm the environment in any way

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Obtaining Biomass destroys habitats

Question 5

Is wind energy renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 6

Is Biomass renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 7

Is water renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 8

Is Solar energy renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 9

Is Coal renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable

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Renewable

Question 10

Is Natural Gas renewable or nonrenewable?

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable

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Renewable

Question 11

A fossil fuel that forms from the remains of plants from millions of years ago.

Accepted Answer

Coal

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Geothermal

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biomass

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propane

Question 12

Which of these is a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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oil

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coal

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natural gas

Question 13

Nonrenewable resources

Accepted Answer

are not replaced after they are used

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will never run out

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are replaced every day

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are recycled all of the time

Question 14

Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable because they

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take millions of years to form

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produce pollution

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are no longer used by humans

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often contain microscopic animals

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Renewable Energy Resource

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Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Question 16

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Answer

Renewable Energy Resource

Question 17

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable

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Renewable

Question 18

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 19

Nuclear Power is a __________ energy resource.

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable

Answer

Renewable

Question 20

__________is the energy generated from the sun by using solar panels.

Accepted Answer

Solar

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Wind

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Hydro

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Nuclear

Question 21

The energy of nuclear reactions between atoms that creates heat and turns turbines is _________.

Accepted Answer

Nuclear

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Coal

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Wind

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Hydro

Question 22

__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.

Accepted Answer

Wind

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Geothermal

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Hydro

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Nuclear

Question 23

_________is energy generated when moving water turns turbines.

Accepted Answer

Hydro

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Wind

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Geothermal

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Solar

Question 24

__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.  We will be using this at our new school!

Accepted Answer

Geothermal

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Solar

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Nucler

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Wind

Question 25

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 26

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Nonrenewable

Question 27

What form of alternative energy uses a dam?

Accepted Answer

hydroelectric power

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geothermal power

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biomass power

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solar power

Question 28

What form of alternative energy uses plants and animal waste and turns it into sugar and then liquid fuel?

Accepted Answer

biomass power

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geothermal power

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solar power

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hydroelectric power

Question 29

What form of alternative energy uses the heat from the earth?

Accepted Answer

geothermal power

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solar power

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biomass power

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wind power

Question 30

Which alternative energy resource can be harmful to birds?

Accepted Answer

wind energy

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biomass energy

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geothermal energy

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solar energy

Question 31

fuel made from plant or animal waste (organic matter)

Accepted Answer

biomass energy

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hydropower energy

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solar energy

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green

Question 32

Which of the following is an advantage of nuclear energy

Accepted Answer

It does not produce air pollution

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It does not produce solid waste

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It is cost efficient

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It poses no safety risks

Question 33

The energy in fossil fuels is converted into

Accepted Answer

electricity

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magnetic fields

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uranium

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power plants

Question 34

Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of

Accepted Answer

Biomass

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Energy

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Heat

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Nuclear waste

Question 35

What is one disadvantage of using solar power?

Accepted Answer

At night, no power can be made

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It is free

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It is renewable

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

they don't create much pollution

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they are expensive

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they are not powerful

Question 37

Which energy source contributes to air pollution?

Accepted Answer

biomass

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hydropower

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solar

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geothermal

Question 38

Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal - What do these items have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are examples of nonrenewable energy resources.

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They are examples of inexhaustible energy resources.

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They are examples of renewable energy resources.

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They are examples of energy resources that do not cause pollution.

Question 39

Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because they

Accepted Answer

take hundreds of millions of years to form.

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burn so quickly.

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pollute the air.

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are in such high demand.

Question 40

Wood, leaves, and manure belong to a group of renewable energy sources called ____________________ fuels.

Accepted Answer

biomass

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fossil

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solar

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hydroelectric

Question 41

Which of the energy sources shown are fossil fuels?

Accepted Answer

natural gas, petroleum, coal

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coal, nuclear, natural gas

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nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric

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hydroelectric, petroleum, coal

Question 42

Which energy sources shown are considered to be renewable?

Accepted Answer

hydroelectric

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coal

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nuclear

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natural gas

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petroleum

Question 43

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using solar energy?

Accepted Answer

solar panels are expensive to create

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solar energy causes pollution

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solar energy is nonrewable

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solar energy is free once the panels are installed

Question 44

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using geothermal energy?

Accepted Answer

it requires a geothermal hotspot

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it increases our need of nonrenewable resources

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it is costly to use

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it is a nonrenewable energy resource

Question 45

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using fossil fuels such a coal, oil, and natural gas energy?

Accepted Answer

they cause pollution such as greenhouse gasses

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they are cheap

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they are efficient

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they can be used almost anywhere

Question 46

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

Accepted Answer

Replaced in a short period of time

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Produced by waste products

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Form underground from dead organisms.

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Allow energy to pass through them easily

Question 47

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

Coal

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Wind

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Solar

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Biomass

Question 48

Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

Accepted Answer

Moving water

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Wind

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Sunlight

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Dung

Question 49

Energy from the sun is known as.........

Accepted Answer

solar energy

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hydroelectric energy

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geothermal energy

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wind energy

Question 50

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

Accepted Answer

take millions of years to replace

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require expensive equipment

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can be found all over

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provide all the energy we use

Question 51

What is biomass?

Accepted Answer

energy from plant and animal waste

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energy from the sun

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energy from water

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energy from wind

Question 52

The type of energy that cattle create is ________?

Accepted Answer

biomass

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solar

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natural gas

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nuclear

Question 53

Uranium atoms are split to make electricity.

Accepted Answer

nuclear energy

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fossil fuels

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wind energy

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solar energy

Question 54

Wind blows turbines to create electricity.

Accepted Answer

wind energy

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solar energy

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water energy

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geothermal energy

Question 55

Energy from the sun is converted into electricity.

Accepted Answer

solar energy

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water energy

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biomass energy

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geothermal energy

Question 56

Heat from inside the Earth is used to create electricity.

Accepted Answer

geothermal energy

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solar energy

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water energy

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biomass energy

Question 57

Trash, compost, and dead plants are burned to create electricity.

Accepted Answer

biomass energy

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solar energy

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water energy

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geothermal energy

Question 58

Use the diagram to put the steps below in the correct order to describe how electrical energy is generated in an electrical power plant.

Electricity is generated.
Magnet spins between wire coils.
Water is heated and changes to steam.
Steam makes turbine spin.
Fossil fuel is burned.

Accepted Answer

Steps 5, 3, 4, 2, then 1.

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Steps 1, 3, 4, 2, then 5.

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Steps 5, 2, 4, 3, then 1.

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Steps 1, 2, 4, 3, then 5.

Question 59

What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?

Accepted Answer

They are burned

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They are stored

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They are melted

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They are frozen

Question 60

Why is burning fossil fuels harmful?

Accepted Answer

Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the air

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then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them all

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They can get extremely hot

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this would destroy fossils

Question 61

In a power station, what causes the turbine to turn?

Accepted Answer

Steam

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Heat

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Gas

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Air

Question 62

What does hydroelectricity come from?

Accepted Answer

Harnessing the movement of water

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Harnessing the movement of air

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The sun's heat and energy

Question 63

Which renewable resource uses the natural resource in the picture below to produce energy?

Accepted Answer

biomass

Answer

wind

Answer

tidal

Answer

geothermal

Question 64

Stored energy in water behind a dam falls and changes into mechanical energy that turns a turbine that turns coils in a generator that produces electrical energy.  What is this?

Accepted Answer

Hydroelectric Power Plant

Answer

Fossil Fuel Power Plant

Answer

Nonrenewable Power Plant

Answer

Nuclear Power Plant

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