Natural Energy Resources

How can wind be used as a source of power?

• Wind can make the production of fossil fuels faster.

• The motion of the wind can turn wind turbines.

• Deforestation leaves more room for wind to blow.

• Drilling in the Earth can provide new sources of wind.

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Why is wind considered a renewable resource?

• Wind will never stop being produced

• Wind energy is not useful

• There's a fixed amount of wind

• We are using wind too quickly.

How long did it take our planet to produce the fossil fuels we're using today?

• hundreds of years

• thousands of years

• hundreds of thousands of years

• hundreds of millions of years

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Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Moving water

• Dung

 Energy from the sun is known as......... 

• hydroelectric energy

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

• wind energy

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What are two advantages of geothermal energy?

• cheap and a lot pollution

• expensive and a lot of pollution

• cheap and little pollution

• expensive and little pollution

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Heat produced from magma within the earth.

• solar

• biofuel

• hydroelectric

• geothermal

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If a river is located in a deep canyon, and has  changing amounts of water , how can this be developed as an energy source?

• dam could be built to store water

• well could be dug to hold the water

• Wind turbines could be built on the banks.

• You could fish in the river.

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Which of the following is a non-renewable natural energy resource?

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Coal

• Hydroelectric energy

What is the primary component of natural gas?

• Methane

• Ethane

• Propane

• Butane