Energy Resource

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products
• Form underground from dead organisms.
  
• Replaced in a short period of time
• Allow energy to pass through them easily

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

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

• hydroelectric energy
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• wind energy

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

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

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What is biomass? 

• energy from the sun
• energy from water
• energy from wind
• energy from plant and animal waste

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What are two advantages of geothermal energy?

• cheap and a lot pollution
• expensive and a lot of pollution
• cheap and little pollution
• expensive and little pollution

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The type of energy that cattle create is ________? 

• biomass
• solar
• natural gas
• nuclear

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

Which of the following is an advantage of using coal as an energy resource?

• There is not an abundant supply of coal.

• Coal is less expensive than oil.

• Burning coal contributes to global warming.

• Coal can be used to produce electricity.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?

• Not easily available

• causes pollution when burned

• only available at certain times

• creates long lasting waste