Energy Resources Practice

Which source of energy involves splitting atoms to generate electrical energy?

• fossil fuels

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• nuclear power

Reducing energy use by turning the television and lights off when leaving a room is a simple part of which of the following programs?

• energy waste

• energy efficiency

• energy conservation

• renewable energy

Natural gas, which is used for heat and electricity, forms from some of the same

organisms as

• plants

• coal

• oil

• animals

Oil and coal, which are used as fuel, were formed over

• hundreds of years.

• millions of years.

• several years.

• thousands of years.

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fuel made from living things

• solar energy
• nuclear fission
• hydroelectric power
• biomass fuel

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the practice of reducing energy use

• nonrenewable resource
• fossil fuel
• petroleum
• energy conservation

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coal, oil, or natural gas that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient organisms; burned to release energy

• hydroelectric power
• fossil fuel
• geothermal energy
• biomass fuel

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a substance that provides energy as the result of a chemical change

• hydrocarbon
• nuclear fission
• fuel
• solar energy

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the intense heat energy that comes from Earth's interior

• efficiency
• nonrenewable resource
• geothermal energy
• solar energy

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electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam

• hydroelectric power
• nuclear fission
• solar energy
• geothermal energy