NONRenwable Energy SOURCES

Which statement best explains how vehicles in use today relate to available fuel resources, including types of fuel sources, their renewability, technologies replacing fossil fuels, and the benefits and drawbacks of each?

• Vehicles use both renewable and nonrenewable fuel sources, and engineers develop technologies like electric engines to reduce fossil fuel use, each with specific benefits and drawbacks.

• All vehicles use only nonrenewable fuel sources, and there are no technologies to replace fossil fuels.

• Vehicles only use renewable fuel sources, and there are no drawbacks to these sources.

• Engineers have not developed any technologies to replace fossil fuels, and all fuel sources are equally renewable.

What will most likely cause the use of fossil fuels to decrease over the next hundred years? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• steep increase in price of fossil fuels

• higher need for fossil fuels

• availability of alternate energy fuels

• lower price of fossil fuels.

Fuels that takes millions of years to develop are ________________.

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• synthetic

• biodegradable

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which statement describes a benefit of buying an electric car instead of a gasoline-fueled car?

• Electric cars are bigger.

• Electric cars are easier to drive.

• Electric cars are less expensive.

• Electric cars cause less air pollution.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What could explain why an oil rig is no longer able to get crude oil from an area?

• The oil has become solid.

• All the oil has been removed.

• The drill needs to be replaced.

• The oil has moved to a different area.

Circle the sources of energy that are the remains of once-living organisms. (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY - 3 Right answers)

• uranium

• coal

• natural gas

• crude oil

What is one drawback of using gasoline-powered vehicles compared to electric vehicles?

• Gasoline vehicles have a shorter range.

• Gasoline vehicles produce more air pollution.

• Gasoline vehicles are more expensive to maintain.

• Gasoline vehicles are quieter.

Which technology is being developed to help reduce the use of nonrenewable fuels in transportation?

• Solar-powered engines

• Steam engines

• Manual bicycles

• Coal-powered trains

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Nuclear Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5