ES Unit 5 Energy Review

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Crude oil is also called what?

• biomass
• fossils
• coal
• petroleum

What conditions are needed to form coal?

• Heat and pressure and time

• Sea or Ocean

• Oxygen

• Cool and moist

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

Which fossil fuel is the cleanest burning?

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

What is one of the advantages of using coal

as an energy source in the United States?

• Forming acid rain

• Producing carbon dioxide gas

• It is renewable

• It is cheap

This type of energy is harnessed as moving air turns the blades of a turbine.

• Wind

• Solar

• Nuclear

• Oil

What is one advantage of generating electricity at nuclear power plants?

• Low air pollution.

• No raw materials needed.

• Power plants are expensive to build.

• Uranium mining contaminates the environment.

This process uses a high pressure water mixture to break up rock far below the earth's surface to allow more oil and natural gas to be collected.

• Pumping

• Brixing

• Fracking

• Dynamiting