Energy Resources Quiz Prep

__________ is an resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years. It is used faster than it is being replaced.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuels

• Forever Fuels

__________ is an energy resource that is replaced faster than it is being used up.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Forever Fuel

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

___________ is/are not considered biomass energy resources .

• Gasohol (alcohols made from plants)

• Wood

• Petroleum

• Charcoal

• Garbage

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Which of the following are used to first heat and boil the water?

• Coal

• Geothermal

• Hydroelectric

• Wind

• Nuclear

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is using which energy resource?

• biomass

• wind

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

Hydroelectric Power is considered renewable because...

• water is essential for life to exist

• there is water everywhere

• the water cycle returns water to the source through rainfall

• most of our planet is covered by oceans of water.