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Fossil Fuels
Renewable or Nonrenewable
Alternative Energy
MISC
100
What makes a fossil fuel nonrenewable?
How long (millions of years) they take to form.
100
Are alternative energy resources renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
100
What kind of alternative energy gets its energy from the sun?
Solar energy
100

What type of light bulb is more energy efficient; an incandescent bulb or a fluorescent bulb?

Fluorescent bulb

200
What is the first thing needed for the formation of fossil fuels?
Dead plants and animals
200
Are fossil fuels renewable or nonrenewable?
Nonrenewable
200
What kind of alternative energy requires moving water?
Hydroelectric energy
200

In a nuclear power plant, what is used to change water into steam?

heat released from nuclear fission reactions

300
What kind of rock is formed with fossil fuels?
Sedimentary Rock
300
Is hydroelectric energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
300
What kind of alternative energy uses heat from deep within the Earth?
Geothermal energy
300

Wind energy is actually an indirect form of ______.

solar energy

400
What kind of fossil fuels are formed in oceans?
Oil and natural gas
400
Are biofuels renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
400
What kind of alternative energy uses mechanical energy from wind to spin a turbine?
Wind energy
400

The most plentiful fossil fuel in the United States is ______. 

Coal

500
What kind of fossil fuel is formed from plants in ancient swamps?
Coal
500
Is natural gas renewable or nonrenewable?
Nonrenewable
500
What kind of alternative energy uses energy from dead plants?
Biofuels
500

Wood is an example of what type of renewable energy?

biomass fuel