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Wind energyis less expensive than fossil fuelsis difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availabilityis a renewable source of energyutilizes small or large areas of land not previously used - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Stored energy in water behind a dam falls and changes into mechanical energy that turns a turbine that turns coils in a generator that produces electrical energy. What is this?Fossil Fuel Power PlantNonrenewable Power PlantNuclear Power PlantHydroelectric Power Plant
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Hydropowerproduces no air pollutioncan be built in any locationhas no construction costsuses a nonrenewable resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which is an advantage of installing solar panels?Reduced amount of air polllutionHigh cost to installNumber of cloudy daysUse of nonrenewable resources
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal - What do these items have in common?They are examples of inexhaustible energy resources.They are examples of renewable energy resources.They are examples of energy resources that do not cause pollution.They are examples of nonrenewable energy resources.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following energy resources is nonrenewable?BiomassGeothermalFossil FuelHydropower
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why is the Sun considered the ultimate energy source?The Sun is the center of our solar system.The Sun provides energy for the water cycle and plants.The Sun is limited in the amount of energy released daily.The Sun rises and sets each day as seen from Earth.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which energy resource, once depleted, is essentially nonrenewable?CoalSolarBiomassWind
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Coal, oil, and natural gas are _____ resources created from the remains of early plants and animals.naturalsmalllargewaste
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.____ is the remains of plants and animals.BiomassNatural gasGeothermalHydropower
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The type of energy that cattle create is ________?biomasssolarnatural gasnuclear
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......require expensive equipmenttake millions of years to replacecan be found all overprovide all the energy we use
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Energy from the sun is known as.........hydroelectric energygeothermal energysolar energywind energy
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The careful use of a resource is....recyclingpollutiondepositingconservation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....WindSunlightMoving waterDung
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Coal is a fossil fuel that is formed from...Water eroding the landMeteors hitting Earth.Repeated volcanic eruptions.The decay of dead plants and animals
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.Renewable Energy ResourceNonrenewable Energy ResourceFossil FuelsForever Fuels
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Use the diagram to put the steps below in the correct order to describe how electrical energy is generated in an electrical power plant.
- Electricity is generated.
- Magnet spins between wire coils.
- Water is heated and changes to steam.
- Steam makes turbine spin.
- Fossil fuel is burned.
Steps 1, 3, 4, 2, then 5.
Steps 5, 2, 4, 3, then 1.
Steps 5, 3, 4, 2, then 1.
Steps 1, 2, 4, 3, then 5.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why is burning fossil fuels harmful?then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them allThey can get extremely hotIncreases the amount of greenhouse gases in the airthis would destroy fossils
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What does "clean" mean for energy sources?
not dirty
does not create pollution
creates pollution
smells good