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Energy
sixth grade energy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |