Energy Review

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) identifies four general ways that energy is used in the United States:

31%: Industrial

28%: ___________

22%: Residential

19%: Commercial

• transportation

• Homes

• sports

• cities

Coal: Renewable or Nonrenewable?

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

_________ energy is the cleanest energy source and it is renewable.

• solar

• wind

• geothermal

• ocean

Steam produced from _________ energy can be converted into electricity.

• geothermal

• solar

• wind

• thermal

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All fossil fuels contain which element?

• carbon

• carbon dioxide

• hydrogen

• nitrogen

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This type of mining can destroy large areas of habitat and cause extensive soil erosion.

• strip mining

• underground

• mountain top

• ecological

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Sources of energy in great abundance that can be replaced in a lifetime are called ___________.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• recyclable

• styrofoam

When extracting fossil fuels using this method, rock and soil may accidentally slide downhill.

•  mountaintop removal

• Strip mining

• Underground Mining

• any mining

The world’s most abundant fossil fuel: _______.

• Coal

• Oil

• Methane

• Alge

Which fossil fuel yields a large amount of energy and is less polluting than other fossil fuels?

• Wind energy
• Natural gas
• Oil
• Coal