ENV Renewable resources and nuclear

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil fuels

• biodegradable

Trees can be categorized as what type of energy?

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Biomass Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Solar Energy

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What is biomass energy?

• any organic matter that can be used by burning wood and other plant life.

• Radiant energy emitted by the sun.

• a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

• made by tapping into steam or hot water reservoirs underground; the heat is used to drive an electrical generator.

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Where does biomass fuel come from?

• Underground mines

• wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugar cane

• wind power

• petroleum

The most common way to release biomass is?

• Bacterial Decay
• Fermentation
• Conversion
• Burning

Ethanol is a type of fuel that can be used to replace gasoline. What type of renewable resource is this?

• Biomass

• Wind

• Hydropower

• Geothermal

Match the following resource with its main source.

• Solar

• Uranium-235

• Nuclear

• Underground Steam

• Hydroelectric

• Sunlight

• Geothermal

• Water flowing over dams

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The most common type of renewable resources that is used around the world.

• Biomass

• Hydropower

• Wind

• Geothermal

Match the following resources with a negative or disadvantage.

• Disrupts the migration of fish

• Biomass

• Releases pollutants CO, NOx, & Particulate Matter

• Solar

• Only available during the day

• Hydropower

• Locations are limited to where magma is close to the surface

• Geothermal

• Thermal Pollution

• Nuclear

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Which of the following 2 use PASSIVE solar energy?

• south-facing room with windows

• solar oven

• solar panels

• photovoltaic cells

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