Fossil Fuels & Alternative Energy

Question 1

alternative energy

Answer 1

energy made from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment

Question 2

biofuel

Answer 2

a fuel that is made from renewable plant or animal material (i.e. wood)

Question 3

coal

Answer 3

a nonrenewable form of energy created from plants that lived millions of years ago

Question 4

fossil fuel

Answer 4

a fuel formed from the remains of once-living organisms (coal, oil, and natural gas)

Question 5

geothermal energy

Answer 5

heat from inside the Earth

Question 6

hydroelectric energy

Answer 6

electricity made from the force of moving water

Question 7

natural gas

Answer 7

gas formed underground from decayed plants and animals that lived millions of years ago

Question 8

natural resource

Answer 8

any of the useful minerals and other materials that people take from the Earth

Question 9

nonrenewable energy

Answer 9

a resource that cannot be readily replaced once it is used

Question 10

peat

Answer 10

a soft, brown material made up of partly decayed plants; first stage of coal formation

Question 11

petroleum

Answer 11

a thick, oily, nonrenewable form of energy made from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

Question 12

renewable energy

Answer 12

a resource that is replaced as it is used

Question 13

reusable resource

Answer 13

a natural resource that is renewed by natural cycles and can be used more than once

Question 14

solar energy

Answer 14

energy from sunlight

Question 15

wind energy

Answer 15

energy from the wind