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Fossil Fuels

Nuclear Energy

Solar Energy

Wind Power

Water Power

Biomass Energy

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1-100 Coal is the compacted remains of these organisms

1-100A What are plants?

1-200 This is the most abundant fossil fuel

1-200A What is coal?

1-300 This fossil fuel is used to produce gasoline and other fuels

1-300A What is oil?

1-400 This fossil fuel is usually found in rock layers directly above oil deposits.

1-400A What is natural gas?

1-500 This type of coal mining process removes the soil & rock above it

1-500A What is strip mining?

This part of the atom is split to release energy

2-100A What is the nucleus?

2-200 This underwater military vehicle is often powered by nuclear reactions

2-200A What are submarines?

2-300 This heavy element is often used for fuel in nuclear power plants

2-300A What is uranium ?

2-400 This is a disadvantage of nuclear energy.

2-400A What is expensive or hazardous to people and the environment?

2-500 This type of nuclear reaction may some day be used to very cheap power sources

2-500A What is fusion ?

This astronomical body is used to produce solar energy

3-100A What is the sun?

3-200 Most solar collectors used to heat homes actually heat this wet substance.

3-200A What is water?

3-300 Solar collectors mounted on houses in Connecticut must face in this direction

3-300A What is South?

3-400 These parts of a solar power supply are used to store energy in a chemical form for later use.

3-400A What are batteries?

3-500 Active solar power requires the use of these devices that collect sunlight and change it into electricity.

3-500A What are solar or photovoltaic cells?

Wind power is often used to power these watercrafts.

4-100A What are sailboats?

4-200 Most modern windmills are used to produce this utility.

4-200A What is electricity?

4-300 Wind power has this advantage

4-300A What is “free” or “nonpolluting”?

4-400 Before windmills were used to produce electricity, many were used to pump this liquid

4-400A What is water?

4-500 These sites have a large number of windmills placed together to produce electricity

4-500A What are wind farms?

Waterwheels were often used for cutting this material before it was brought to the lumberyard

5-100A What is wood?

5-200 Energy obtained by using hot magma is called by this name

5-200A What is geothermal energy?

5-300 Electricity produced by running water is called by this name

5-300A What is hydroelectric power?

5-400 Lake water released at the base of a dam is used to turn these devices which generate electricity

5-400A What are turbines?

5-500 Geothermal power plants use this wet substance to turn turbines to produce electricity

5-500A What is water (steam)?

Because biomass materials are replaced in a short time span, they can be classified as this type of resource

6-100A What is renewable?

6-200 These two words are the source of the word “biomass”

6-200A What are “biological” and “mass”?

6-300 This material is the most common type of biomass that is used as an energy resource

6-300A What is wood?

6-400 This material, generated by all Berlin residents is used to produce electricity in Bristol

6-400A What is garbage?

6-500 Ethanol, an alcohol from corn, and gasoline are mixed to produce this fuel for cars

6-500A What is gasohol?

This material is used to produce 25% of the energy needs for the world’s population.

What is Coal?

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