Coal
Natural Gas
Uranium
Hydroelectricity
Wind
100
Energy sources created from plant and animal remains from hundreds of millions of years ago.
What is a fossil fuel?
100
Natural gas is generally considered a __________ fossil fuel.
What is nonrenewable?
100
Everything is made of these?
What is an atom?
100
Hydropower is energy that comes from this force.
What is moving water?
100
Wind is simply air in ________.
What is motion?
200
Energy Sources that will not generate quickly enough for humans to use forever.
What is a non-renewable energy source?
200
To use natural gas the electric company must do this.
What is drill for or burn?
200
This is the center of an atom.
What is a nucleus?
200
Hydropower is a _______ energy source.
What is renewable?
200
Wind is created by uneven ________ and cooling of the Earth's surface.
What is heating?
300
This group of people used coal as a resource long before the first settlers arrive.
Who are the Native Americans?
300
Natural gas is mainly transported by this method.
What is a pipeline?
300
This kind of energy uses fusion.
What is nuclear energy?
300
In order to create hydro electricity, people must build this.
What is a dam?
300
Wind is a _________ energy source because wind will continually be produced as long as the sun shines on the Earth.
What is renewable?
400
A mining process that involves digging tunnels into the mountain.
What is underground mining?
400
Energy companies add this to natural gas so people can tell if it is leaking.
What is an odor?
400
This is the radioactive metal that is used for fission.
What is uranium?
400
The movement of water is considered this type of energy?
What is kinetic?
400
Today, wind is harnessed and converted into electricity using blades called ________.
What are wind turbines?
500
Kentucky ranks _____ in our nation to produce coal.
3rd!
500
I am a clean burning ______ fuel.
What is fossil?
500
This is the place where atoms are split.
What is the nuclear power plant?
500
______% of the electricity in Kentucky comes from hydropower.
4%!
500
A power plant with clusters of wind turbines grouped together?
What is a wind farm?
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