Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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 generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass
• wind
• solar energy
• geothermal energy

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Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy.  What does inexhaustible mean?

• We will run out at any minute.
• We will never run out.
• We will run out in 100 years.
• We will run out in 20 years.

What form of alternative energy uses a dam?

• hydroelectric power
• geothermal power
• biomass power
• solar power

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fuel made from plant or animal waste (organic matter)

• hydropower energy
• solar energy
• green
• biomass energy

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Why is wind energy considered a renewable resource?

• It can be harnessed by human beings

• It's related to the weather

• It's unlikely that humans will run out of it anytime soon

• It can be used to generate electricity