Energy Resources

The releasing of stored chemical energy in fuels by burning; burning gas in car, burning wood is called ____________________________.

• combustion

• fossil fuels

• resources

• greenhouse gases

Select ALL the options that are fossil fuels.

• coal

• oil

• nuclear energy

• natural gas

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Where is crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products?

• under ground

• refinery

• power plant

• factories

Because fossil fuels take hundreds of millions of years to form, they are considered…

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• energy

• useful

What is the energy produced by moving water?

• hydroelectric power

• streams

• hydrowater power

• rivers

Coal is formed from .....

• decaying plant remains

• hydrogen atoms

• nuclei

• living plants and animals

Wood, leaves, food waste, and manure are examples of ...

• fossil fuels

• nonrenewable resources

• biomass fuel

• energy

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Select all the renewable energy sources.

• wind

• nuclear

• geothermal

• moving water

What is one advantage of using natural gas instead of the other fossil fuels?

• takes less time

• it's in the US

• produces less air pollutants

• it is cheaper

What do we call the reduction of energy use?

• recycling

• energy saving

• reusing

• energy conservation