Energy Resources

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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Where did the energy for fossil fuels come from?

• Animals

• Plants

• Sun

• Chemosynthesis

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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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In a power station, what causes the turbine to turn?

• Heat

• Gas

• Air

• Steam

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What does "clean" mean for energy sources?

• not dirty

• does not create pollution

• creates pollution

• smells good

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What is an energy resource?

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

• something formed from buried plants and animals

• force that opposes motion

• resource that can never be replaced

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

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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

All of the following are fossil fuels EXCEPT

• oil

• water

• coal

• natural gas

All of the following are uses of fossil fuels EXCEPT

• to produce electrical energy

• gasoline

• to heat homes

• windmills