Earth's Energy and Resources

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and nuclear fuel

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gas, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Why are fossils fuels so widely used?

• They are renewable so they won't run out.

• They pollution they produce is less compared to renewable energy sources.

• They are easy to obtain and process.

• They don't disrupt the environment when mined from the earth.

____________________ is energy that can be replaced as quickly as it is used.

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• nuclear

• kinetic

__________________________ energy is a resource that can NEVER be used up.

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• inexhaustible

• potential

_________________________ is created when the kinetic energy from falling water is converted into electricity.

• geothermal energy

• biomass energy

• wind energy

• hydroelectricity

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Which one of these is NOT a type of renewable energy?

• solar

• wind

• biomass

• nuclear

What kind of energy is natural gas?

• Renewable

• Non renewable

What kind of energy is wind?

• renewable

• Non renewable

What kind of energy is coal?

• renewable

• non renewable