Non-Renewables
This fossil fuel was created by ancient biomass buried under heat and pressure on the land.
Coal
Texas could plant cover crops and provide 25% of its transportation energy needs by using this type of energy.
Biomass
E85 Stands for what type of alt fuel?
Ethanol
Nuclear Fission
Alaska's North Slope contains large amounts of this type of fossil fuel.
Oil
This type of coal is the most compressed and therefore is better quality and has the most energy
Anthracite
In 1986 an explosion at this plant in Ukraine caused the most severe nuclear power plant accident in history.
Chernobyl
This type of fuel is stored in fuel cells within the car and produces only water vapor as an emission?
Hydrogen
What is released during nuclear fission besides energy that keeps the chain reaction of fission going?
Neutrons
The USA is the top consumer of this fossil fuel. And who is the top producer of it?
Oil-Russia
This form of mining produces much of our gas and oil supply
offshore drilling
These cells on solar panels convert sunlight energy to electrical energy.
Photovoltaic Cells
Future cars will have the ability to obtain a given result of output while using less energy input. This is called..
Energy efficiency or fuel efficiency
This kind of waste is a result of nuclear energy production.
Radioactive
The USA is the top producer of this type of renewable energy.
Nuclear
Name one of the types of mining methods to remove a coal deposit.
Mountaintop removal or strip mining
The devices have historical roots grinding grain and irrigating crops in Europe
Wind turbines
Trucks are considered to have worse __ ______ than cars when it comes to fuel efficiency.
Gas Mileage
This process drives our sun's vast energy.
Nuclear fusion
This location in the USA serves as a reminder to us all that nuclear disasters and meltdowns can take place without warning.
3 Mile Island
The world's most used fossil fuel is this
Oil
Decreasing salmon populations in the lower Snake River are mainly due to this problem
Dams along the river
The Toyota Prius and the Tesla are both considered to be this type of vehicle
hybrid or electric
In nuclear fusion, two small atoms like Hydrogen fuse into one larger atom like ....
Helium
As a country, if we produced enough of this crop, we could replace all gasoline consumption in the USA.
Corn