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Energy
sixth grade energy
Question | Answer |
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trees, crops, garbage | biomass |
heat from within the Earth | geothermal |
made from ancient sea plants and animal remains | oil |
nuclear fusion in the core of the sun | solar |
takes place in the nucleus of an atom/fission/fusion | nuclear |
made from ancient sea plands and animal remains | natural gas |
energy of moving water caused by gravity | hydropower |
made from ancient plant remains | coal |
moving air/heating and cooling of the Earth's surface | wind |
made from ancient sea plant and animal remains | propane |
used to make electricity/used in stoves and water heaters | natural gas |
cleaner and cheaper way to make electricity | natural gas |
renewable/ used to make electricity and methane | biomass |
renewable/used to make electricity | hydropower |
renewable, free, clean, and makes electricity | wind |
used to make electricity, nonrenewable, pollutes air | coal |
renewable, free, heats water, dries clothes, grows plants, clean | solar |
fuel for trucks, cars, planes | oil |
heats homes and used to make electricity | oil |
portable, easy to move from place to place | propane |
renewable, used to make electricity, runs machines | geothermal |
takes up a lot of land, noisy, not always available | wind |
non-renewable, waste is radioactive | nuclear |
air pollution a problem, smells bad | biomass |
non-renewable | propane |
not available 24 hours a day, expensive | solar |
non-renewable, travels in pipelines, engines are expensive to build | natural gas |
sometimes hard to reach and is far from where people live | geothermal |
non-renewable, causes air pollution | coal |
environment may be disturbed by the building of dams, can only be used in certain areas | hydropower |
non-renewable, spills damage the environment, air pollution | oil |