Renewable Energy

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels
• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
  
• Solar energy recharges batteries
• All of them

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Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

• pollution

• energy

• wind

• light

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_____________ power is electricity produced by flowing water.

• Solar 
• Wind 
• Hydroelectric 
• water

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What is a renewable resource?

• A resource you can reuse over and over

• An object you cannot replace

• Fossil fuels

• A resource that has a nearly unlimited supply

Wind Energy is...

•  Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air
• Energy that comes from the Sun
• A source of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, or geothermal energy
• Fuel from plant material

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Water is renewable because it.......

• can be frozen
• important to all life
• can be replaced constantly
• can evaporate

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

• Wind
• Hydro
• Nuclear
• Solar

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What is a disadvantage of wind power?

• We have too many rainy days in US
• It is not always windy in some places
• Companies charge too much to make the wind blow
• The sun is not always out

Which renewable energy does not require spinning a turbine?

• hydroelectric

• wind

• tidal

• photovoltaic cells

what is a drawback of using ethanol as a fuel alternative to gasoline?

• it is produced from a food item

• produces more pollution than gas

• nonrenewable and comes from the ground

• burns worse than gasoline

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