LockeD! - 4.7C - Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy #3

The poster advertises tours of a power plant. This power plant produces electricity most likely by using –

• fossil fuels

• biofuels

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

Many cities are taking actions to cause less harm to the environment. Which action produces energy from an alternative source?

• Burning coal to heat homes

• Replacing lawns with plants that require less water

• Using biofuels to generate electricity

• Building a new water-treatment plant to improve water quality

More and more people are using wind power to produce energy to heat and cool their homes. Wind power is—

• a nonrenewable resource that formed during the time of the dinosaurs

• an renewable resource that formed along with our solar system

• a renewable resource that forms as trees grow larger and larger on Earth’s surface

• an renewable resource that forms due to the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun

What does this illustration show?

• the capture of wind energy

• the collection of solar energy

• the conversion of water power into electricity

• the use of fossil fuels to operate a windmill

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Why are some scientists worried about the rate at which we are using fossil fuels?

• We are using the fuels faster than they can be replaced

• We are using the fuels much slower than expected

• We are using the fuels slower than they can be replaced

• We are not using enough fossil fuels in the world today

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Which of the following is an advantage of using solar energy to produce electricity?

• Solar power does not cause pollution

• Solar power is available all of the time

• Solar cell factories do not create harmful wastes

• The systems to make solar power are inexpensive

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Why is solar energy used in only a limited way?

• It causes pollution

• It will run out in a few years

• It is not available at all times

• It cannot be used on a large scale

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How do hydroelectric power plants produce energy?

• Fossil fuels are burned to produce electricity

• Wind spins the blades of a wind turbine

• Solar cells collect solar rays during the day

• Water flows through a turbine at a dam

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Biomass is any ___________ that was alive a short time ago.

• person

• rock

• pickle

• organism

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Biomass is a ___________ fuel source, because we can always grow more plants.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• smelly

• cool