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

ENERGY is the ability to cause change

• true

• false

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

movement of water through a dam in a river is converted to useable energy

• hydropower

• solar

• nuclear

• wind

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

Fossil fuels are found

• in desert army bases

• near river banks

• deep within the earth

• at mountain tops