Energy Sources

What are resources that are able to replenish on a human scale?

• Energy sources

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

• Sedimentary rocks

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In 1831 electricity became viable for use in technology when (a)   created the electric dynamo (a crude power generator)

• Ben Franklin

• Michael Faraday

• Thomas Edison

• Nicholas Tesla

Edison used (a)   to provide power to illuminate the first New York electric street lamps in September 1882.

• Direct Current

• Alternating Current

Tesla’s patented motor for generating.

• Direct Current

• Alternating Current

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What is a turbine? Mark only one oval.

• a new solar panel that has increased efficiency

• a battery that releases chemically stored energy to produce electricity

• a cleaner way to burn fossil fuels

• a propeller-like piece that turns a shaft

What are resources that are not able to replenish on a human scale?

• Energy sources

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

• Sedimentary rocks

Natural gas is growing steadily in popularity for producing electricity and has passed this other nonrenewable for production of electricity.

• Coal

• Oil

• Hydroelectric

• Nuclear

Which fossil fuel is formed by the remains of swamp material and old forests?

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Hydroelectric

• Nuclear

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Fracking is a method used to extract which energy source?

• Uranium

• Natural Gas

• Geothermal

• Coal

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What is one of the dangers of fracking?

• Ground fires can be ignited

• Contaminating drinking water

• Takes up large areas of land on the surface of the Earth

• It is a highly explosive process that can blow up houses

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