What can be used to generate electricity?

all of these are energy sources and can generate electricity

Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable?

fossil fuels come from the remains of prehistoric life, which takes along time to make again

when the store runs out of fossil fuels, they can't buy anymore

Define Biomass energy:

Energy created by burning plant and animal wastes

Energy created by tides and dams

What is the carbon cycle?

Carbon moves through organisms and then returns to the environment

Carbon moves through the water cycle

What is global warming?

The rise in temperature on Earth

The decrease in temperature on Earth

What are renewable resources?

A resource that is remade by natural processes at the same rate used

A resource that is remade by people

What are nonrenewable resources?

A resource that is used up faster than it can be made by nature

Which of the following is an effect of Global Warming? Check all that apply

Some areas will experience serious droughts

Coastal regions will be covered with rising sea levels.

The Earth's rotation will slow down and eventually stop

What is one benefit of using renewable resources to produce energy?

Renewable resources cannot be used up permanently.

Renewable resources are available everywhere.

Producing energy from renewable resources is easy.

Producing energy from renewable resources relies on weather.

Which example describes the use of a nonrenewable energy resource?

Gasoline is used to fuel a car.

Sunlight is used to heat a home.

Water is released through a dam.

Wind turbines spin to generate electricity.

The amount of coal burned to produce electricity by a typical coal plant in the United States during a three year period has increased by 30%. What immediate impact will this increase in the consumption of coal have on the environment?

an increase in greenhouse gas emissions

a decrease in freshwater resources

an increase in non-biodegradable wastes

In a city, home-heating from coal and local timber increased by 30% in a single year. As a result, which direct impact to the local environment will most likely happen?

Carbon dioxide concentrations in the air will increase.

Soil erosion in the area will decrease.

Forests in the area will grow much faster.

Lakes, rivers, and streams will become less polluted.

In a local town, more than 50% of home owners installed solar heaters to keep their homes warm instead of using electricity from coal that comes from a different state. How will this decision impact the local environment?

There will be a decrease in local greenhouse gas emissions.

There will be a decrease in local deforestation.

There will be an increase in acid rain as result of the increased coal conservation.

There will be an increase in local smog from the coal fired power plants.

Hydropower generates over 60% of the world's renewable energy. What could be an environmental impact of this method of power generation?

It results in the destruction of plant and animal habitats.

It contaminates groundwater resources.

The photograph shows a solar energy farm near Seville, Spain. The mirrors reflect incoming sunlight toward the solar tower in the center, where the energy from the sun is turned into electricity. Why are mirrors used to reflect the sunlight?

to concentrate the energy from solar rays

to diffuse the incoming solar radiation

to drive the process of nuclear fission

to create heat for burning coal

What should one understand from the video about resources?

The importance of resource sustainability

Only renewable resources are useful

Non-renewable resources regenerate quickly

All natural resources are renewable

Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A nonrenewable resource is ________.

a natural resource that cannot be remade or regrown

a plant

a natural resource that can be remade or regrown

an animal

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nuclear energy is a type of nonrenewable energy.

True

False

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Coal, petroleum, and gas are all considered_____ resources.

renewable

nonrenewable

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is coal created?

dark clouds hitting together in the atmosphere

small particles of topsoil that mixed with air and clouds

dead plants pushed together by heat and pressure underground

What is the main disadvantage of using natural gas as energy?

It makes electricity.

There are less pollutants when using it.

It does not light easily.

It is highly flammable.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

About how many years does it take to make oil and gas?

one million years

10 years

1,000 years

300-400 million years

What are some of the natural resources that are renewable?

solar

wind

biomass

geothermal

all of these answers

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Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

A nonrenewable resource is ________.

Nuclear energy is a type of nonrenewable energy.

Coal, petroleum, and gas are all considered_____ resources.

How is coal created?

What is the main disadvantage of using natural gas as energy?

About how many years does it take to make oil and gas?

What are some of the natural resources that are renewable?

What type of energy is shown in the picture?

What type of energy is made from using water?

What can be used to generate electricity?

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