Energy Resources

What are nonrenewable resources?

• energy sources that are replaced faster than they are used

• energy sources that can never be replaced or are replaced more slowly than they are used

• a natural product that can be changed into other forms of energy to do work

What are fossil fuels?

• energy producers that comes from radioactive elements

• a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

• energy resources that formed from buried plants and animals that lived a very long time ago

• resources that are replaced faster than they are used

What is a renewable energy resource?

• an energy source that is replaced more slowly than they are used

• an energy source that can never be replaced

• an energy source that is replaced faster than they are used

• a fossil fuel

What is a device that changes solar energy into electrical energy?

• wind turbine

• perpetual motion machine

• electric generator

• Photovoltaic cell or solar cell

Wind energy

• is less expensive than fossil fuels

• is difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availability

• is a renewable source of energy

• utilizes small or large areas of land not previously used

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The energy resource that is most affected by uneven heating of the earth's surface is_____________?

• geothermal 

• wind

• nuclear

• natural gas

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Generating hydroelectric power is most practical in an area with a

• fast flowing river

• forest

• desert

• thermal vent

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Which of the following renewable resources would be most affected by cloud cover?

• biomass

• hydroelectric

• solar

• wind

What is the biggest reason that some fuel sources are considered nonrenewable?

• toxic waste

• easy to recycle

• length of time to form

• inexpensive

What is a disadvantage to Hydroelectricity?

• lots and lots of pollution

• Kills wild bird population

• Radioactive waste

• Destroys wildlife habitats

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