Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

If you were building a new school, and wanted to conserve Fossil Fuels, which of the following would you use?

• Coal

• Gasoline

• Geothermal Energy

• Petroleum

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Which of the following uses nonrenewable energy?

• Dam using water power

• Power station burning coal

• Solar panels collecting energy from the sun

• Wind Farm using turbines

What is a disadvantage of solar energy?

• It causes land to flood

• Produces Radioactive waste

• Not always available

• Causes pollution

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Which is an example of using a renewable resource?

• Cooking burgers on a gas grill

• Driving a gasoline-powered scooter.

• Filling a furnace with coal.

• Using a wind-powered sailboat to travel

Which includes ONLY renewable resources?

• Biomass, Geothermal, Nuclear

• Solar, Tidal Waves, Wind

• Biomass, Coal, Hydro

• Biomass, Natural Gas, Solar

Energy that powers almost all food chains comes from:

• Tidal and wave energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Sunlight

• Energy from inside the earth

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear

• Petroleum

Volcanoes are an example of what form of energy?

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Hydro

• Solar

Why are not American's roofs crammed with more solar panels?  (a)  

• They are ugly.
• They are uninformed.
• Expensive start-up cost
• People enjoy paying bills. 

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How does biomass reduce our carbon footprint by producing less CO2 than fossil fuels?

• Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned.
• Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere and put it permanently into the ground.
• Biomass filters CO2 to make it more environmentally stable.
• Biomass doesn't release any CO2 when burned.

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