Traditional Sources of Energy PPT
Name: _________________________________________________ Period: _____Date: _____________
Essential Question: How do humans being acquire and utilize sources of energy?
1. What are traditional fuel?
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2.How is coal formed?
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3. How is Peat formed?
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4. What is Coal?
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5. What are the two types of nuclear energy?
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6. What is Nuclear Fusion?
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7. What is Nuclear Fission?
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8. Give examples of fossil fuels.
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9. What is Natural Gas?
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10. What is Oil or Petroleum?
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11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using alternative renewable energy?
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___12. Of the following, which energy source produces the least amount of solid waste?
A. coal
B. natural gas
C. oil
D. peat
___13. Why do green plants require solar energy?
A. to produce their own food
C. to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
B. to absorb nitrogen into their roots D. to decompose the dead or decaying remains of animals
14. Which describes the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
A. Nuclear fission is the process that produces the radiant energy of stars, and nuclear fusion
splits a heavier nucleus into smaller nuclei.
B. Nuclear fission splits a heavier nucleus into smaller nuclei, and nuclear fusion is
the process that produces the radiant energy of stars.
C. Nuclear fission produces the energy in the core of Earth, and nuclear fusion produces
energy in nuclear power plants.
D. Nuclear fission produces energy in nuclear power plants, and nuclear fusion produces
the energy in the core of Earth.
___15. A company has several factories around the world and has decided to transition from burning
fossil fuels to using alternative energy resources. How could a decrease in burning fossil fuels impact
the atmosphere?
A. It could decrease the oxygen levels of the atmosphere.
B. It could increase the nitrogen levels of the atmosphere.
C. It could decrease the carbon dioxide levels of the atmosphere.
D. It could increase the sulfur dioxide levels of the atmosphere.
16. Which is an advantage of safely using uranium as an energy source rather than using coal?
A. Uranium produces energy without polluting the atmosphere, while burning coal can increase
the CO2 in the atmosphere.
B. Uranium reduces the amount of thermal pollution, while burning coal can increase the amount
of thermal pollution.
C. Uranium is the most cost-efficient energy resource, while coal is the most expensive energy
resource.
D. Uranium can be easily mined from deep within Earth, while coal is a hard resource to mine from
deep within Earth.
For 17-24: Use the following sources of energy as choices to complete the following ideas.
• nuclear fission ( 2x)
• wood
• peat
• coal
• oil
• nuclear fusion
• natural gas
• solar energy
17. ______ is a non renewable source of energy that forms from the accumulation and preservation of
plant materials, usually in a swamp environment. This what they mined in the movie “October Sky”.
18. ________ is a non renewable source of energy made from the remains of ancient plants and
animals, compressed deep in the earth. It is usually found in layers of sedimentary rocks.
19. ___________________ gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel, producing primarily carbon dioxide,
water vapor and small amounts of nitrogen oxides. Other fossil fuels are coal and oil.
It is used extensively in residential for cooking and heating.
20. ____________________ is the splitting of an atom's nucleus creating two products of roughly half
the mass of the original. This type of power generation, is used in both nuclear weapons and nuclear
power plants.
21. ___________ is the primary source of energy in rural areas. This source of energy is from trees thus
it is renewable. They burn this source of energy to cook and produce heat.
22. ______________________ is vegetable matter which has been partially carbonized due to the way
in which it decomposes. Over time, these have the potential to evolve into coal
23. ________________ is the joining of Hydrogen nuclei to create Helium and great amount of energy.
This nuclear process is the one that powers the stars.
24. _________________ is energy from the Sun. It is a renewable type of energy.
25. _________________ is an alternative source of energy but a non-renewable resource.
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