Advantages and Disadvantages of Energy Resources: Student Created Questions

How is the Tidal energy source "green"?

• It is the color green
• Does not emit greenhouse gases
• It will not cease anytime soon
• Runs at a low speed

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Recipients of tar sands experience economic benefits?

• Workers earn a very good wage
• Workers do not earn a very good wage
• Jobs are created because of lack of workers
• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Is geothermal renewable or nonrenewable?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• not free

• none of the above

wind power is what type of energy source

• a limited energy source
• non renewable
• renewable
• none of the above

Hydropower is produced from what?

• From moving water
• From Sunlight
• From Fossil fuels
• From Coal

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

how is oil easily available?

• nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures
• Oil and gas result mostly from the rapid burial of dead microorganisms in environments where oxygen is so scarce that they do not decompose.
• Organic oils are produced in remarkable diversity by plants, animals, and other organisms through natural metabolic processes.
• classes of chemical compounds that may be otherwise unrelated in structure, properties, and uses

What is Biomass?

• Using water to make electricity
• Energy source that uses energy from organic matter (living things) to produce steam to spin a turbine when burnt.
• Using steam from Earth
• Natural Gas

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How is Natural Gas environmentally friendly?

• its renewable
• it burns cleaner than other fossil fuels
• it is non renewable
• less pollution

How much cheaper is it to run a nuclear power plant than a coal or gas combined-cycle plant?

• 19 to 35% of a coal plant and 45 to 55% of a gas plant
• 33 to 50% of a coal plant and 20 to 25% of a gas plant
• 15 to 22% of a coal plant and 30 to 40% of a gas plant
• 20 to 30% of a coal plant and 40 to 50% of a gas plant

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is one advantage of coal?

• It is a renewable resource
• It is available at an abundant supply
• Clean coal has high levels of radiation
• Coal emissions are linked to heath concerns

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2