Investigate and Compare Existing and Developing Technologies That Will Utilize Renewable and Alternate Energy Sources

When energy is generated from the burning of wood or other organic matter, we call it_______.

• Solar Energy
• Biomass Energy
• Thermal Energy

Using the heat from the Earth to generate electricity would be called...

• Hydroelectric
• Biometric
• Geothermal
• Fossil Fuels

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These fuels are made from living things such as leaves, food wastes, and manure.

• geothermal fuels
• hydrogen fuels
• biomass fuels

What do we call large areas of windmills?

• Wind farms
• Hurricanes
• Turbines
• Wind tunnels

Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of 

• Energy
• Biomass
• Heat
• Nuclear waste

Energy that uses heat that comes from within the Earth is called

• Geophysical
• Geography
• Geothermal
• Geographic

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Solar energy is 

• Energy from the uneven heating of the earth.
• Energy from burning fossil fuels.
• Energy from the sun.
• Energy from turbines.

Which energy uses water held behind a dam?

• Geothermal
• Hydroelectric
• Nuclear
• Solar

What is hydroelectric power?

• electricity produced by flowing water
• wind power
• energy from the sun

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What is energy from the sun called?

• solar energy
• nuclear energy
• hydroelectric power

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