Energy and Resources

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

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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

A photovoltaic cell captures ____ to be used for power.

• wind

• water

• coal

• sunlight

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and wind to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

What is one disadvantage of using solar power?

• It is free

• At night, no power can be made

• It is renewable

What is one disadvantage of using wind power?

• It is renewable

• The wind is everywhere

• It is not always windy

Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...

• they are expensive

• they are not powerful

• they don't create much pollution

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What are Natural resources?

• Natural resources are the raw materials and sources of energy that we use. Petrol, metals, soil, sand, wind, water and everything

• Natural hazards are defined as environmental phenomena that have the potential to impact societies and the human environment.

• The great size or extent of something.

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