Energy Sources

a natural non renewable fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas formed over a very long time in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

• fossil fuel

• hydropower

• geothermal

• wind

an energy resource that takes millions of years to form from the remains of plants and animals, such a coal, oil, and natural gas

• nonrenewable

• renewable

a hard, black, solid fuel formed from the remains of plants over millions of years and extracted from the ground

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

• biomass

an energy resource such as trees or wind that is replaceable by natural means

• renewable

• nonrenewable

An ENERGY RESOURCE is a source or supply of energy that can be used to generate electrical power to meet people's needs

• true

• false

heat harnessed from deep beneath Earth's surface and converted to useable energy

• Geothermal

• biomass

• wind

• solar

POLLUTION is the presence of harmful or unwanted levels of material in the environment

• True

• False

the sun's energy is collected and converted to useable energy

• nuclear

• biomass

• natural gas

• solar

the splitting of uranium atoms to release energy.

• geothermal

• wind

• nuclear

• natural gas

turbines harness the movement of air and convert it to useable energy

• wind

• biomass

• natural gas

• hydropower