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

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

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

The house illustrated here uses panels on the roof to collect a natural resource and convert it into electricity that can be used.
Which alternative energy source does this house use?

• Water
• Wind
• Solar
• Geothermal

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

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

Nuclear Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable because they

• do not produce pollution

• are no longer used by humans

• are created so quickly

• take millions of years to form, so once they're gone, they're gone

What are the main fossil fuels?

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear Energy