Impacts and Resources Test Review

What is one benefit of using renewable resources to produce energy?

• Renewable resources cannot be used up permanently.

• Renewable resources are available everywhere.

• Producing energy from renewable resources is easy.

• Producing energy from renewable resources relies on weather.

Which example describes the use of a nonrenewable energy resource?

• Gasoline is used to fuel a car.

• Sunlight is used to heat a home.

• Water is released through a dam.

• Wind turbines spin to generate electricity.

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What type of resources are considered finite and cannot be replenished in a short amount of time?

• Renewable Energy

• Nonrenewable Energy

• All Energy

• Generational Energy

What type of energy is able to be regenerated in a short amount of time or are continuous?

• Renewable Energy

• Nonrenewable Energy

• All Energy

• Generational Energy

Which of the following are fossil fuels? (Select all that apply.)

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear Energy

_________ energy is sunlight converted to electricity using photovoltaic cells.

• fossil fuels

• nuclear

• solar

• wind

• hydroelectric

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A turbine turned by air currents describes how electricity is generated via _________ power.

• hydroelectric

• wind

• solar

• nuclear

• biomass

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_____________ power is generated by dams on rivers. The water flows through the dam turning a turbine that generates electricity.

• hydroelectric

• wind

• nuclear

• biomass

• fossil fuels

_____________ energy is used to heat and cool buildings using the mostly constant temperature of the Earth several feet below the surface.

• geothermal

• nuclear

• fossil fuels

• hydroelectric

• biomass

________________ comes from recent deceased organic matter such as plants and animals.

• geothermal

• hydroelectric

• solar

• biomass

• fossil fuels