Renewable Resources

Energy sources that are different from traditional fossil fuels are called:

• Renewable energy sources

• Non-renewable energy sources

• Conventional energy sources

• Nuclear energy sources

Most renewable energy sources are considered ______ based on their ability to generate clean, reliable energy for the future.

• sustainable

• unsustainable

• finite

• polluting

What type of energy is wind energy an indirect form of ?

• hydroelectric power

• solar energy

• fossil fuels

What do wind turbines catch to generate energy?

• wind

• sunlight

• rain

• geothermal heat

What type of resource is a wind turbine?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

• Fossil Fuel

• Nuclear

Geothermal energy taps into:

• solar energy

• wind energy

• the Earth's internal heat

• hydroelectric power

What type of power does geothermal energy provide?

• Thermal power

• Hydroelectric power

• Nuclear power

• Solar power

What is a drawback of geothermal energy?

• It is a renewable resource

• It can lead to surface instability

• It produces greenhouse gases

• It is available everywhere

The following are alternative energy sources:

• water

• sun

• coal

• wind

• geothermal (heat from inside the earth)

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Jackson and Mia are working on a school project about energy sources. They learned that energy generated in ways that do not deplete natural resources or harm the environment, especially by avoiding the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power is known as

• nuclear energy

• gamma ray

• beta particle

• alternative energy

• alpha particle