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Content Practice B
LESSON 3
Energy Resources
Directions: Answer each question or respond to each statement on the lines provided.
1. List the three main energy sources used in electric power plants. For each source, name
the form of energy used to produce electrical energy.
a.
Fossil Fuels or fuels that burn
b.
Uranium: Used in Nuclear Energy
c.
Falling Water: Hydropower
2. Define the following terms:
a. nonrenewable energy resource
Limited amounts: Used faster than it is replaced.
b. fossil fuel
The ancient remains of dead plants and animals.
c. renewable energy resource
d. inexhaustible energy resource
Energy source that will never be used up.
3. What are three types of fossil fuels? Explain why they are nonrenewable energy resources.
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas:
*Takes millions of years to form.
*Limited amounts available.
Being used up at a fast rate.
4. What are five renewable energy resources?
Hydropower, Solar, Wind
Geothermal, Biomass
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Energy sources that are replaced quickly.