Energy Basics
What type of energy resource can be replaced quickly as it is used?
What is Renewable energy?
Name three fossil fuels commonly used for energy.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
What type of renewable energy uses moving water to generate electricity?
What is hydro power (hydroelectricity)?
What harmful effect can burning fossil fuels contribute to?
What is air pollution and climate change?
What is the term for power derived from the heat inside the Earth?
What is geothermal energy?
Energy from the remains of ancient plants and animals that takes millions of years to form is called?
What is fossil fuel?
Which fossil fuel is primarily found underground and mined to produce electricity?
What is coal?
Which renewable energy source captures energy from the Earth's internal heat?
What is geothermal power?
What is the impact of oil spills on marine ecosystems?
They destroy marine populations and coastal communities.
What is the term for energy generated from the Sun?
What is solar power?
The process of energy changing from one form to another, like sunlight to electricity in solar panels, is an example of what?
What is energy conversion?
What is the main pollutant released when fossil fuels are burned?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
What technology uses the photoelectric effect to convert sunlight into electrical energy?
What are solar panels (solar power)?
What can happen to soil if nutrients are removed faster than they are replaced?
It can become nonrenewable or infertile.
What kind of energy resource is nuclear energy classified as?
What is nonrenewable energy?
What is the main source of energy for solar power?
What is the Sun?
What is the term for the molecules composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms found in fossil fuels?
What are hydrocarbons?
What form of renewable energy uses air movement to generate electricity?
What is wind power?
What is the term for gases that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere, contributing to warming?
What are greenhouse gases?
What energy source involves the use of organic matter for fuel?
What is biomass?
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources?
Renewable energy is replaced quickly, nonrenewable energy takes millions of years and is limited.
Why is natural gas considered cleaner than coal and oil when burned?
It produces fewer pollutants and leaves little to no residue.
Name a renewable energy source that comes from organic material like plants and animals.
What is biomass?
Why is it important to monitor water quality in agriculture?
To prevent pollution like eutrophication that harms crops and ecosystems.
What term describes the ability to maintain resources without causing long-term damage?
What is sustainability?