Eating food, burning fuel, and Photosynthesis are all examples of what kind of engery

When fuel is used for its energy, it is usually burned, and most of the energy is released as _____ energy.

Energy efficiency describes ?

After subtracting the amount of energy needed to make that energy available________ is the amount of useable energy available from a resource.

a ball at the top of an incline, a stretched rubber band, and a basketball ready to be passed are examples of what kind of energy?

Energy can not be created nor destroyed, it can only be ___________

Non-renewable resources can not me replaces as fast a they are consumed

Renewable resources like coal, natural gas and crude oil are replaced all the time unlike biomass, solar energy and wind power, which are limited.

Coal and other fossil fuels are being created very slowly all the time, why are they not considered renewable?

Fossil Fuels are

Plant materials that are buried beneath so much sediment that they are altered by heat and pressure over millions of years can become ______.

Methane makes up most of what we call

One form of non-renewable resource that is a solid chunk of Hydrocarbons is called

heating oil, Gasoline, and diesel are all produced from

__________ oil

Natural gas can also be formed from crude oil but has to be processed at a ____________ temperature

Which element is mined, processed, and concentrated into fuel rods to be used at nuclear power plants?

Nuclear enegry uses steam to

To generate power, uranium atoms in fuel rods are hit by tiny particles so that they split apart

A negative consequence of atomic energy is its waste is radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years

The sun is the direct source of energy for a _________

Solar energy can be used for

The downward flow of water that generates energy and the fact that mountains have streams flowing downward are why hydroelectric power plants and dams often located in mountainous areas

Water directly spins a turbing in what kind of power plant

A disadvantage of wind power is that it does not blow all the time, so either energy must be saved for later use or another form of energy must be available.

The Sun's energy creates wind by heating parts of the earth causing convection cells. Convection cells are when warm air rises and cool air sinks and the horizontal movement is wind.

geothermal energy comes from

Geothermal energy is a type of ____ energy.

What kind of fuel is made by processing of biomass is called

Which of the following is not a biomass energy source?

A resource collected from nature is

Natural resources can be either renewable or nonrenewable

A renewable resource can be renewed as it is used or has nearly infinite supply

Students at Poplar Bluff High School are studying how renewable energy could be used to supply their town with electricity. Which of the following energy sources could be used to meet the town's renewable energy needs?

Coal is a _______ resource

Fossil fuels are compounds that took millions of years to form and are mainly comprised of carbon.

non renewable resources

Can a renewable resource become a non-renewable resource?

A renewable resource could become so polluted that the remaining amount of it could not be used.