General Science Energy Sources and the Environment

What is Biomass?

• Energy from the sun

• Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops

• The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam

• A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago

• A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas

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What is Coal?

• Energy from the sun

• Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops

• The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam

• A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago

• A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas

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What is Propane?

• Energy from the sun

• Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops

• The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam

• A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago

• A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas

What is Solar Energy?

• Energy from the sun

• Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops

• The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam

• A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago

• A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas

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What is Wind Energy?

• A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane

• Energy from the heat within Earth

• Energy that come from the force of falling water

• Energy in moving air

• A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid

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What is Petroleum?

• A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane

• Energy from the heat within Earth

• Energy that come from the force of falling water

• Energy in moving air

• A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid

What is Hydropower?

• A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane

• Energy from the heat within Earth

• Energy that come from the force of falling water

• Energy in moving air

• A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid

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What is Natural Gas?

• A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane

• Energy from the heat within Earth

• Energy that come from the force of falling water

• Energy in moving air

• A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid

What is Geothermal?

• A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane

• Energy from the heat within Earth

• Energy that come from the force of falling water

• Energy in moving air

• A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid

Energy from the heat within Earth is ....

• Geothermal

• Hydropower

• Petroleum

• Uranium

• Coal