Alternative Energy Quiz
Nonrenewable energy resources include:
Coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric
natural gas, wind, oil
solar, nuclear, oil
Nuclear, biomass, natural gas
coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, hydropower, solar
wind, nuclear, natural gas
Renewable energy resources include:


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

  _____________ energy is how we create electricity with water/steamthe earth has already heated
solar
geothermal
biomass
wind
 ___________ power usesmoving air to turn the turbineand doesn't pollute like burning fossil fuels does
Wind
Biomass
Geothermal
Hydropower


Biomass as a renewable resource has an advantage in

that it is available almost everywhere.  It involves using

waste materials.

 True

False


Geothermal energy is available everywhere and pollutes

the earth when we use it.

True

False


which energy resource uses the power of falling water 

to turn the turbine and make electricity?

solar

biomass

hydropower

natural gas

 When we harness energy using  photovolticcells in a large panel on the roofs of buildings,we are using _____________ power
Biomas
Geothermal
wind
solar
Examples of renewable resources are:
solar, wind, biomass
coal, biomass, oil
One disadvantage (bad thing) of Solar energyis ________________
there's not always wind
heat from the earth isn't everywhere
its not sunny at night
its inexpensive (cheap)
One advantage to geothermal and solar energy is
They are only in certain places
they are inexpensive
you have to burn things and pollute
they don't pollute or add carbon to the air
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