Energy Source
Greenhouse Gases
Fossil Fuels
Forms of Energy
100
Finish this sentence: Energy cannot be created nor...
What is destroyed?
100
The most notorious greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
100
The cause of the increase in carbon dioxide production in the 1850's.
What is burning coal for the steam engine?
100
This kind of energy is the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
200
The source of the Earth's energy.
What is the sun?
200
This greenhouse gas is the result of the use of fertilizer containing nitrogen.
What is nitrous oxide (NO2)?
200
In 2009, each person in the US burned enough fossil fuels to create this amount of carbon dioxide.
What is 17 tons?
200
This kind of energy is stored energy.
What is potential energy?
300
About half of the solar energy absorbed by the Earth initiates this process.
What is evaporation?
300
This greenhouse gas is a component of natural gas and is emitted from livestock during flatulation.
What is methane (CH4)?
300
Coal, Oil, and Natural gases are all examples of this.
What are fossil fuels?
300
This type of kinetic energy is heat energy.
What is thermal energy?
400
This is the percentage of incoming solar energy that is reflected by the Earth's surface.
What is 30%?
400
This greenhouse gas is a byproduct of decomposition of garbage in landfills.
What is methane (CH4)?
400
The main source of energy in Pennsylvania.
What is coal?
400
This type of kinetic energy includes light, x-rays, and sunshine.
What is radiant energy?
500
True or false? The Earth is directly heated by the sun.
False
500
Rank the greenhouse gases by the amount of energy the absorb: CO2, CH4, NO2
What is CO2<CH4<NO2
500
The third most used source of energy in Pennsylvania.
What is nuclear power?
500
About 9% of all energy is categorized as this.
What is renewable energy?
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