Energy adapted year 7

How are fossil fuels formed?

• They are made in factories

• Dead plants and animals died millions of years ago and were buried under heat and pressure

• Dead plants were buried under heat and pressure

• Dead animals were buried under heat and pressure

Which is NOT a type of fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Oil

• Wood

• Natural Gas

How old are fossil fuels?

• Millions of years old

• A few decades old

• Hundreds of years old

• They are new

What kind of energy uses air flow through wind turbines to create electricity?

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydropower

• Biomass

True or False: Nuclear energy comes from splitting of atoms.

• True

• False

Check all of the boxes that are FOSSIL FUELS.

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Uranium

What is gas?

• A liquid fossil fuel drilled from underground.

• A fossil fuel found in a gaseous state.

• Uranium and plutonium atoms split to create energy.

• A solid fossil fuel mined from underground.

Natural resources that cannot be remade or regrown close to the rate at which they are being used.

• Non-renewable energy

• Renewable energy

Nuclear fuel produces a lot of energy and does not cause air pollution. Is this an advantage or disadvantage?

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

Renewable natural resources are endless or take 100 years or less to replenish.

• True

• False