Renewable/Nonrenewable energy

What energy source is consumed the most?

• petroleum

• coal

• natural gas

• renewable energy

Fractional distillation allows miners to dig deeper for coal

• This is a true statement

• This is not a true statement

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Approximately how much of the total energy use in the US is created using renewable sources?

• 6%

• 89%

• 11%

• 80%

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Can renewable energy sources become non-renewable energy sources?

• Yes

• No

What is the most common use of fossil fuels?

• magnetic fields generation

• uranium fission

• electricity generation

• transportation

Most of the worlds fossil fuels reserves are made up of

• oil

• natural gas

• coal

• nuclear energy

Which of the following is classified as a renewable resource?

• A barrel of oil that would take 8 million years to form.

• A large piece of coal that would take 4 million years to form.

• Solar rays from the Sun that take 8 minutes to reach the Earth.

• Methane gas from the ocean floor that takes 7 thousand years to outgas.

What is a reserve?

• The amount of an energy source that the US loans to another country.

• Estimated quantity of energy source that is used on a monthly basis.

• Estimated quantity of energy source (such as coal, gas, or oil) known with reasonable certainty to exist, and which can be recovered with presently available technology at an economically viable cost.

• The amount of energy that is left after the burning of a fossil fuel.

What is one benefit of using renewable energy resources?

• renewable energy resources are inexpensive.

• solar power is available everywhere.

• renewable energy resources require less equipment to operate.

• The resources can be replenished within a short amount of time.

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What is used in nuclear fission?

• Elemental oxygen

• Feldspar

• Uranium-235

• Kryptonite-174

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