ES Human Population and Energy Use

The process of hydro fracking collects which substance from the ground?

• coal
• natural gas
• deiseal
• uranium

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Transportation using vehicles such as cars and trucks currently rely on which of the following energy source?

• oil
• coal
• natural gas
• biomass

Worldwide electricity currently relies on which of the following energy sources? Choose all that apply.

• coal
• natural gas
• oil
• biomass
• biofuel

All current alternative energies provide energy for which anthropogenic use?

• heating
• electricity
• transportation
• cooking

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the gas that we call natural gas?

• propane
• butane
• octane
• methane

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What Greenhouse gas (GHG) is always released due to the combustion of energy sources such as fossil fuels?

• methane (CH4)
• carbon dioxide (CO2)
• oxygen gas (O2)
• hydrogen gas (H2)

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

The push away from fossil fuel use and toward alternative energies is slowed due to which of the following. Choose TWO that apply.

• alternative energies are expensive to install and maintain compared to the fossil fuel infrastructure that is currently in place.
• consumers prefer to burn fossil fuels for needed energy
• not all places have weather and geological conditions that would allow practical alternative energy collection.
• governments do not regulate energy use.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The world's economy is based on the buying and selling of what energy source?

• oil
• coal
• uranium
• natural gas

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Which of the following energy sources do not release CO2? Choose all that apply.

• natural gas
• nuclear
• biomass
• geothermal
• oil

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What substance is used as the source of energy in nuclear power?

• Uranium
• Natural gas

• Helium

• Oil/petroleum

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8