Natural Resources for Electricity Generation

What is the natural resource used to generate electricity through solar panels?

• Moonlight

• Sunlight

• Starlight

• Rainwater

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Which renewable energy source uses the power of the wind to produce electricity?

• Wind energy

• Geothermal energy

• Hydropower

• Solar energy

Hydropower generates electricity by harnessing the energy of which natural resource?

• Coal

• Water

• Sunlight

• Wind

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Geothermal energy is produced by utilizing the heat from which natural source?

• Earth's core

• Coal mines

• Wind turbines

• Solar panels

Biomass energy is generated from organic materials such as?

• solar panels, wind turbines, nuclear waste

• glass, paper, aluminum

• plants, wood, agricultural residues, and animal waste

• coal, plastic, metal

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What is the primary source of energy for solar power generation?

• Wind energy

• Geothermal energy

• Energy from the sun

• Hydropower

Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into what form of energy?

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

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Hydropower plants typically rely on the flow of what to generate electricity?

• water

• coal

• sunlight

• wind

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Geothermal power plants are usually located near what type of geological feature?

• Deserts

• Coral reefs

• Tectonic plate boundaries

• Volcanoes

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Biomass energy can be derived from agricultural residues like?

• coal, natural gas, wind

• crop residues, animal manure, and food processing waste

• solar panels, nuclear power, hydroelectric dams

• geothermal energy, tidal power, wave energy