Technology for a Green Future Week 1

What is a fossil fuel?

• A type of renewable energy

• A fuel formed in the earth from dead plants or animals

• A type of solar energy

• A type of technology

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Helium

What does nonrenewable mean?

• Able to be replaced by nature

• Not able to grow again or be made again

• Always available

• Related to the sun

What is solar energy related to?

• The moon

• The stars

• The sun

• The earth

What is technology?

• The study of plants

• The use of science in industry or engineering to solve problems

• A type of fossil fuel

• A type of greenhouse gas

What are statistics?

• A type of renewable energy

• A fact or piece of data from a study

• A type of technology

• A type of evidence

What is evidence?

• Something which shows that something else is true

• A type of fossil fuel

• A type of greenhouse gas

• A type of solar energy

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Coal

• Hydroelectric energy

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Solar energy

Which of the following best describes the greenhouse effect?

• The process of plants growing in a greenhouse

• The warming of the earth due to gases absorbing carbon dioxide

• The cooling of the earth due to the absence of sunlight

• The production of fossil fuels