Renewable Resources

Electricity produced from flowing water is called _____.

• geothermal energy

• hydroelectricity

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

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Which type of energy would best be used in an area with a lot of hot springs?

• hydroelectricity

• solar energy

• wind energy

• geothermal energy

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Which is not a source of renewable energy?

• thermal energy

• wind energy

• solar energy

• fossil fuels

Which method is used to change plant and animal materials into usable fuel?

• hydroelectricity

• recycling

• biomass conversion

• solar collection

_______resource is a type of resource that can be used again

One advantage of solar and wind power over fossil fuels is that

• wind and solar are presently much less expensive than fossil fuels.

• wind and solar come from natural processes and fossil fuels do not.

• wind and solar are nonrenewable resources and fossil fuel are renewable.

• wind and solar are continuously renewable and fossil fuels take millions of years to be formed.

Renewable or Nonrenewable: Coal

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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Renewable or Nonrenewable: Natural Gas

• nonrenewable

• renewable

Renewable or Nonrenewable: Oil

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

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Renewable or Nonrenewable: Sunlight

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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