Chapter 9: Non-Renewable Energy Sources Practice Questions

_________ energy is provided by processes that replenish themselves or are continuously present as a feature of the solar system.

• Nuclear
• Power
• Renewable
• Free

Although society uses fossil fuels, more oil, gas, and coal are constantly forming.

• True
• False

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Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel.

• True
• False

Fossil fuels are non-renewable.

• True
• False

A reserve is a known deposit of energy material that is currently too expensive to extract using today's technology.

• True
• False

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What percentage of the world's commercial energy is furnished by fossil fuels?

• 30
• 40
• 75
• 80

Large accumulations of modified plant materials form which of the following resources?

• oil
• natural gas
• coal
• All of the options are correct

Which of the following is true for fossil fuels?

• Oil is formed from plant material.
• Oil and natural gas were formed by the same processes.
• Coal was formed in ancient oceans.
• None of these statements are correct.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

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The vast majority of the oil entering the oceans results from natural seeps and pollution from the use of oil as lubricants and fuel in machinery (cars, trucks, boats, lawn mowers, jet skis, etc.).

• True
• False

Although major shipping accidents are spectacular and release large amounts of oil, it is estimated that worldwide only about 10% of human-caused oil pollution comes from tanker accidents

• True
• False

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