IGCSE Energy Resources

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

•   They can never be replaced.

•   They cannot be easily replaced.

•   They can be recycled.

•   They can be made in factories.
  

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass

• wind

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Biomass

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products

• Form underground from dead organisms.
  

• Replaced in a short period of time

• Allow energy to pass through them easily

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

Where did the energy for fossil fuels come from?

• Animals

• Plants

• Sun

• Chemosynthesis

Why is burning fossil fuels harmful? 

• then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them all

• They can get extremely hot

• Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the air

• this would destroy fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?

• They are stored

• They are burned

• They are melted

• They are frozen