Earth's Energy Resources

Which statement is true about coal and natural gas?

• Both are renewable resources

• Both require wind in order to work

• Both lead to greenhouse gases and climate change

• Neither one causes global warming

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What is a disadvantage to Hydroelectricity?

• lots and lots of pollution

• Kills wild bird population

• Radioactive waste

• Increases potential for flooding

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Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels

• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years

• Solar energy recharges batteries

• All of them

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuels

• Forever Fuels

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__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Forever Fuel

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

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

• A dam could be built to store water

• A well could be dug to hold the water

• Wind turbines could be built on the banks.

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Some fossil fuels are...

• coal

• animal

• oil

• natural gas

All of the following are renewable energy sources EXCEPT-

• water

• wind

• coal

• biomass

What is a renewable resource

• oil

• natural gas

• biomass energy

• fossil fuel