Science: Natural Resources and Fuels

What is energy?

• moving energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

• The ability to do work.

Which of these things are examples of renewable energy sources?

• wind

• solar

• water

• oil

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Which of these energy sources come from inside the earth's crust?

• oil

• coal

• solar

• gas

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Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

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Fossil Fuels (choose ALL that apply)

• considered nonrenewable resources

• cause pollution in the atmosphere

• are renewable resources

• oil, coal and natural gas

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An ore is

• another name for a gemstone.

• Naturally occurring substances of metals present in the earth's crust

• the mineral from which the metal is conveniently and economically extracted.

• is a type of coal.

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What are minerals?

• Naturally occurring substances of metals present in the earth's crust.

• The same as ores - which can be economically extracted from the Earth.

• An organic substance found in the soil.

Which of these sources is used for generating electricity that is NOT renewable?

• coal
• the Sun
• wind
• water

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Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of his home?

• air
• water
• wind
• sunlight

_____ is a material that is found in nature and that is used by living things.

• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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