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Question 1Question 1• What is a renewable resource?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Answer: A resource that can be used over

again or easily replaced or grown again.

Question 2Question 2• Name the 3 fossil fuels.

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Coal, oil, and natural gas

Question 3Question 3• What is the energy source for

hydroelectric power?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• water

Question 4Question 4• What is a nonrenewable resource?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• A resource that cannot be used over again

and we will run out of it one day.

Question 5Question 5What do we call the energy from the sun?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Solar energy

Question 6Question 6

• How does electricity travel to get to your house?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• It travels through wires.

Question 7 Question 7 • What do we call the buildings we use to

make electricity with fossil fuels?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• We usually call them power plants.

Question 8Question 8• What kind of natural energy moves a

sailboat?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Wind energy.

Question 9Question 9What do we call the factory where crude oil

is processed, then made into many different products?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• A refinery

Question 10Question 10• In a power plant, what is used inside of the

generators to make the electricity?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• magnets

Question 11

• What tall piece of equipment is needed to make electricity using the wind?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• windmills

Question 12Question 12• True or False – Electricity is a natural

resource.

The Answer is…The Answer is…• false

Question 13Question 13True or false – Coal is made from plants that

died millions of years ago.

The Answer is…The Answer is…true

Question 14Question 14• What are “alternative” energy sources?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• These are energy sources that are not

typically used a lot at this time, such as solar power, wind, wood, and water.

Question 15Question 15• What are two types of energy that the sun

produces?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Heat and light

Question 16Question 16• Put these sentences in order to tell how

electricity is produced.

• A. Steam runs machines that make electricity.

• B. Hot water turns into steam.• C. Power plants burn coal to heat water.

The Answer is…The Answer is…• 1. Power plants burn coal to heat water.

• 2. Hot water turns into steam.

• 3. Steam runs machines that make electricity.

Question 17Question 17• What are some reasons why we need to

find other energy sources besides fossil fuels to make electricity?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource

and scientists predict we will run out of them in the next 50 years, so we need to find out how to use alternative energy sources.

• Burning fossil fuels to make electricity causes a lot of air pollution.

Question 18Question 18• You live in a city in the desert where the

weather is hot, dry, and sunny about 330 days out of the year. There are very few storms and very few windy days. What type of alternative energy source would you choose to heat the water for your home and to help provide electricity for your home?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Solar energy because of the large amount

of sunny days. There is not enough water for hydroelectricity and not enough wind for windmills.

Question 19Question 19• What is a source of energy that leaves

behind radioactive wates?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Nuclear energy

Question 20Question 20• What energy source comes from deep

within the earth and is used in some areas to make electricity using heat from melted rock that turns groundwater to steam?

The Answer is…The Answer is…• Geothermal energy