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What is a natural resource?
Material from the Earth that people use for their needs.
A place hidden in the mountains.
An object made from natural things.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
Renewable Energy Resource
Non-Renewable Energy Resource
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
Renewable Energy Resource
Non-renewable Energy Resource
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Oil
Solar
Coal
Natural Gas
Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
Water
Sun
Coal
Win
What are the 3 fossil fuels?
coal, oil, uranium
coal, hydroelectric, oil
natural gas, oil, coal
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Wind is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Oil is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non-renewable
Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource
Renewable
Non-renewable
Fossil Fuel are?
A group of energy resources that were formed from ancient plants and organisms
A group of dinosaur fossils
A type of gas used for planes
Drilling, Mining and Fracking are all ways ________ are extracted from the ground.
Peat /wood sections
Renewable resources
Fossil Fuels
Wind turbines generate energy but also_____________
Disrupt the flight patterns of migratory birds
Generate noise pollution
Rely on the production of wind - no wind/ no energy
All of them
How is coal formed?
Zooplankton which died and fossilized
Algae blooms in the ocean
Peat bogs 300 million years ago
Fossilized mammals
Oil is the remains of small animals, algae, zooplankton and other ocean marine life that over time, and under heat and pressure has become a black liquid fossil fuel. Another name for this energy source is __________________.
Petroleum
Coal
Biocarbon
All the above
What is the human impact of using fossil fuels as an energy source?
They release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
The extraction process is expensive and pollutes the environment
They are a finite resource. ( They will run out one day)
All of these are human impacts of using fossil fuels
Nuclear Power plants use atom Splitting to heat water - which turns to steam and turns a turbine. What is atom splitting called?
fission
fusion
electromagnet radiation
All the above
Nuclear energy produces enormous amounts of electrical energy. What are some of the drawbacks/ problems associated with nuclear power plants?
The process produces radioactive water - unfit for consumption
They can leak radioactivity into the air which kills people
Used nuclear waste is dangerous to store
All the above
Wood (Peat) is a harvested ____________________ often burned burned in stoves and fireplaces. (Quick fact:Energy from peat and wood generates enormous amounts of pollution and causes respiratory problems)
renewable natural energy
nonrenewable natural energy
man-made energy resource
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