Coal
Coal is made from this element.
Carbon
Which fossil fuel is the cleanest-burning?
Natural gas
Nuclear energy is made using this element
Uranium
Startup costs are high / Expensive
Coal formed in this type of environment
Swamp
Name one type of instrument/tool that is used to clean up oil spills.
Boom, skimmer, absorbent, dispersant
A major downside of using nuclear power
Radioactive waste/spills
A downside to using hydropower
Dams harm habitats
What type of organisms is coal formed from?
Plants/Trees
We obtain oil by _________
Drilling
The splitting of two Uranium atoms, which releases energy, is called
Fission
Wind turbines are usually built in this type of landscape ( think back to virtual reality tour)
Mountains
The process by which we extract coal
Mining
We obtain natural gas by __________
Fracking (which pollutes groundwater)
Electricity is produced by the flow of ___________.
Electrons
The main renewable resource used in the US
Hydropower
This is how coal is transported to power stations
Trucks and/or trains
Type of environment in which oil and natural gas formed
Marine environments
This is released when chemical bonds are broken
Energy, heat, light (any or all of those)
Solar energy is stored in these
Batteries