Energy Resources

Match the following

• heat from underground aquifers

• Wind

• uses moving turbines to create energy

• Biomass

• energy from the sun

• Geothermal

• building a dam to use flowing water

• Solar

• burning of plants to create energy

• Hydroelectric

What are fossil fuels?

• Solar, Wind, Hydro

• Coal, Solar, Natural Gas

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

• I don't know

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Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Hydro-electric

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One ADVANTAGE of using fossil fuels is that:

• They are better for the environment.

• They can produce extremely high amounts of energy.

• They contribute to the greenhouse effect.

• They will never run out.

What is one DISADVANTAGE of using fossil fuels?

• Fossil fuels will never run out.

• Fossil fuels are very efficient forms of energy and are readily available, making them cheaper.

• Burning fossil fuels contributes to the greenhouse effect which causes global warming.

• Fossil fuels are better for the environment.

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Solar

• Coal

• Natural Gas

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

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Trees are a renewable resource because ...

• they can be replanted.

• of how big they can grow.

• they burn in forest fires.

• birds live in them.