Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Power
Renewable Energies
Earth Science Throwbacks
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What are the three kinds of fossil fuels?

Oil, Natural Gas, Coal 

10

Nuclear fission uses what nuclear isotope in energy production?

Uranium-235

10
What are the different types of renewable energy?

Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Wind, Biomass

10

What planet is closest to the sun?

Mercury

15

What four types of vehicles use oil based fuels?

Planes, Cars, Trains, Ships

15

What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?

Nuclear fission breaks down complex elements while nuclear fusion creates larger elements from smaller ones. 

15
The largest hydroelectric dam in the United States is the____________ dam.

Hoover Dam

15

The edge of a black hole is called the?

Event Horizon

20

What percent of all power comes from coal in the United States?

About 20%

20

A nuclear reaction that went wrong in the Soviet Union was the _____________ disaster.

Chernobyl

20

Describe biomass energy production. (Hint: What is it?)

Fuels made from material that was once part of a living thing.

20

The deepest trench in the world is the?

Marianas Trench

25

Which fossil fuel is used in electricity generation and is worth millions of dollars in the US?

Coal

25

The reactors we currently use are what type?

Fission

25

Farmers often receive subsides for installing this type of renewable power source on their land.

Wind Power

25

Newtons Second Law of motion described the relationship between what three quanitities?

Force, Acceleration, Mass

30

Natural Gas such as methane is mainly used where in the household?

The stove/appliances. AC Control

30

Nuclear power is midway between renewable and non renewable because:

The development of fusion would require no mining of uranium. 

30

The most used renewable resource in VA is?

biomass (7%)

30

A rocket launched upward has an initial velocity of 10 meters per second. How high will the rocket go in 2 seconds?

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