Identifying Alternative Energy Sources

Solar

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Wind

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Biofuel (biomass)

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Geothermal

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

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The house illustrated here uses panels on the roof to collect a natural resource and convert it into electricity that can be used.
Which alternative energy source does this house use?

• Water

• Wind

• Solar

• Geothermal

Which energy source can be used instead of fossil fuels?

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

• alternative energy

• light energy

Alternative energy is

• Generated by natural resources and is renewable

• man made

• nonrenewable

• not helpful to us in Texas

What form of alternative energy uses plants and animal waste and turns it into sugar and then liquid fuel?

• geothermal power

• biomass power

• solar power

• hydroelectric power

The movement of water as an alternative energy is known as...

• solar power

• hydroelectric power

• geothermal energy

This type of power relies on waste materials from organic matter.

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Biomass

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