Fossil Fuels
Renewable's
Vocab
100
Non-renewable
Are fossil fuels renewable or nonrenewable?
100
Energy from the sun.
What is solar?
100
Energy produced by flowing water
What is hydroelectric energy?
200
Petroleum
What is another word for oil?
200
Biomass materials can be converted into other fuels
Why is biomass useful?
200
A layer of material that traps air
What is insulation
300
Powers cars, airplanes, ships, and trains.
What does coal power?
300
Wind Solar Hydro Biomass Geothermal Nuclear
What are the renewable resources
300
The intense heat from Earth’s interior that wars the magma
What is geothermal energy?
400
Gives off the most pollution of all the fossil fuels when burned.
What is a con of coal?
400
Wind
What is the fastest growing energy?
400
The splitting of an atom’s nucleus into two nuclei
What is nuclear fission?
500
1. Produces large amounts of energy 2. Easy to transport once pipelines are built 3. Highly flammable
What are three characteristics of Natural Gas?
500
Wind and solar energy
What are non reliable resources?
500
Forms when alcohol is added to gasoline
What is gasohol?
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