Energy Resources

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

•   They can never be replaced.

•   They cannot be easily replaced.

•   They can be recycled.

•   They can be made in factories.
  

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass

• wind

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

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Use the diagram to put the steps below in the correct order to describe how electrical energy is generated in an electrical power plant.

• Steps 1, 3, 4, 2, then 5.

• Steps 5, 2, 4, 3, then 1.

• Steps 5, 3, 4, 2, then 1.

• Steps 1, 2, 4, 3, then 5.

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What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?

• They are stored

• They are burned

• They are melted

• They are frozen

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Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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