3rd SW Warm up 1
1.  Nonrenewable energy resources include:
Coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric
natural gas, wind, oil
solar, nuclear, oil
2.
Renewable energy resources include:

Nuclear, biomass, natural gas
coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, hydroelectric, solar
wind, nuclear, natural gas

3.

Nonrenewable resources (except nuclear) 

are formed from:

coal, and oil from under ground

decaying biomass

burning plants and animal waste

 the remains of dead plants and animals

4.

Many renewable resources function by:

burning up all the fossil fuels

solar energy operating generators

 boiling water to create steam which turns a

turbine connected to a generator which produces

electricity.

they all require power plants

5.

In addition to creating electricity, oil (petroleum) 

is also used to:

power trains

create household chemicals

produce helium for balloons

power solar panels

6.

Biomass as a renewable resource has an advantage in

that it is available almost everywhere.

 True

False

7.

Geothermal energy is low in environmental pollution,

accessible all around the world, and geothermal vents

are always easy to access near the earths surface.

True

False

8.

Which energy resource uses very little fuel to produce

great amounts of electricity, but also creates

radioactive waste?

 

solar

biomass

nuclear

natural gas

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