Energy Resources
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Identifying Energy Resources
Renewable or Nonrenewable
100
What is electricity generated by flowing water using dams?
hydroelectric power
100
What is petroleum?
Oil
100
What is the gradual increase in average global temperature, caused by greenhouse gases?
global warming
100
A piece of equipment that changes light from the sun into electricity.
solar panel
100
Is solar energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
200
What energy is created from wind turbines?
wind energy
200
What word is defined as the ability to do work?
Energy
200
What it a source of energy that is used much faster than it can be replaced?
nonrenewable energy resource
200
Used to create hydroelectric power.
dams
200
Is natural gas renewable or nonrenewable?
Nonrenewable
300
What is thermal (heat) energy from inside the earth?
geothermal energy
300
_______ ___ - fossil fuels; a flammable gas that occurs naturally underground?
natural gas
300
What is an energy resource that is replaced as fast as it is used?
renewable energy resource
300
Used to make wind energy
wind turbine
300
Is geothermal energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
400
What is energy produced by fuel made from plant and animal matter?
biomass energy
400
___ - fossil fuel; formed from the remains of small marine plants and animals buried under heat and pressure?
OIL
400
What energy resource creates radioactive wastes that are hazardous to humans for millions of years, and are difficult to store?
nuclear power
400
Which energy source does not produce carbon dioxide while being used to produce electricity? Oil, Nuclear power, Coal, or Natural gas
Nuclear power
400
Is nuclear energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Nonrenewable
500
What is the term for the remains of ancient organisms that can be burned as an energy source?
fossil fuels
500
What is the splitting of an atomic nucleus (the center) to release energy?
nuclear fission
500
____ - fossil fuels;solid energy resource produced from plant remains?
COAL
500
What is the largest source of energy used in the United States today? Solar power, Hydroelectric power, Petroleum, or Wind energy
Petroleum (Oil)
500
Is biomass energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable