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Renewable or Non Renewable?
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Energy
Nuclear Energy
Surprise
100
solar
What is a renewable source of energy?
100
These are energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
100
Earth's heat is this type of resource.
What is geothermal energy?
100
The process in which a collision of uranium atoms and neutrons that cause nuclei to split.
What is nuclear fission?
100

What is cobalt used for? 

Batteries

200
Oil
What is a non renewable resource?
200
The 3 main fossil fuels.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas.
200
This type of energy gathers energy from the sun.
What is solar energy?
200
Nuclear power plants get their power from this type of energy.
What is nuclear energy?
200
Engineers have improved the energy efficiency of cars by designing better engines and ____________.
What are tires?
300
Wind energy
What is a renewable resource?
300
The burning of fuels to release energy.
What is combustion?
300
When the wind blows, it turns the blades of the wind turbine, which spins the generator and creates ___________________.
What is electricity?
300
This is one possible future nuclear energy source.
What is nuclear fusion?
300
These type of light bulbs are far more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs.
What are fluorescent bulbs?
400
Uranium
What is a non renewable resource?
400
What is one drawback of using fossil fuels as an energy source.
What is pollution (or it is nonrenewable, or it is highly flammable, or it can increase erosion)?
400
Wood, leaves, food wastes, and manure are all types of this fuel.
What are biomass fuels?
400
If the fuel rods in a nuclear power plant generate too much heat, they start to melt in a process called.....
What is meltdown?
400

Devices that convert sunlight into electricity using photovoltaic (PV) cells are called....

What are solar panels

500
Hydroelectric
What is a renewable resource?
500

What is the dirtiest fossil fuel? 

What is coal?

500

The disadvantage of this type of renewable energy is that it uses a lot of cement and also many structures use a pump powered with fossil fuels 

What is hydroelectric?

500
Radioactive waste is a major drawback of this type of nuclear energy.
What is nuclear fission?
500

These blades collect kinetic energy

What is a turbine?