Energy & Natural Resource Review

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil
• Water, wind, sun, plants
• Minerals, sun, natural gas, water

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Takes millions of years to form.

• hydroelectric
• renewable
• solar
• fossil fuels

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Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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Geothermal energy is energy from 

• the sun
• heat from deep in the earth
• wind
• inexhaustable

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Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. What type of alternative energy resource is ethanol?

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Biomass

• Solar

Which type of alternative energy source is shown in this picture?

• Wind
• Solar
• Hydroelectric
• Geothermal

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Which of the methods of generating electricity does NOT use alternative energy resources? 

• Burning coal in a power plant
• Turbines spinning in dam
• Solar panels taking in light energy 
• Drilling wells to reach hot rocks deep inside the earth 

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An energy company wants to build a hydroelectric power plant. Which of these characteristics of an area is most important to the development of a hydroelectric power plant? 

• The area has a cool, rainy climate.
• The area is located in a valley with very little wind and frequent heavy fog.
• The area has a river that flows rapidly from nearby mountains through a valley
• The area has no geysers or hot springs.

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