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  • An advantage of Biomass is that...
    It smells good.
    It can keep trash out of landfills
  • a disadvantage of petroleum is that...
    there are no disadvantages
    It's renewable
    Oil spills cost millions of dollars and harm the environment
  • Hydropower is...
    renewable
    nonrenewable
  • Corn and algae are both used to make what?
    cornbread
    cat food
    cereal
    Biofuels
  • Name the renewable resource
    Oil
    Natural Gas
    Coal
    Biomass
  • Geothermal power comes from...
    the heat inside the Earth
    burning trees
    putting a dam on a river
  • An advantage of solar power is...
    The Sun never runs out of energy
    It's nonrenewable
    Solar panels are expensive
  • Coal is
    renewable
    nonrenewable
  • A disadvantage of solar power is...
    The solar panels are ugly.
    It pollutes.
    Solar panels are still expensive.
  • A disadvantage of wind turbines is...
    nonrenewable
    Dangerous to flying animals
  • An advantage of petroleum is that...
    nonrenewable
    It can spill.
    It's one of few fuels we have for making gasoline
  • Uranium is what provides ____________power.
    solar
    hydropower
    nuclear
    geothermal
  • Petroleum comes from...
    Oil
    Coal
    Uranium
    Natural Gas
  • Too much Carbon dioxide is a problem because...
    There's not enough oxygen in it.
    It blankets the planet and causes global warming.
  • A disadvantage of biomass is....
    It's cheap
    Can cause deforestation
    It's nonrenewable
  • An advantage of coal is that it is...
    renewable
    causes pollution
    dangerous to mine
    inexpensive
  • Which of the following is nonrenewable?
    Hydropwer
    Oil
    Solar
    Wind
  • Splitting atoms to supply energy is called...
    Wind Power
    Mechanical energy
    Nuclear energy
  • A disadvantage of wind power is....
    Wind is always blowing
    Turbines take a lot of space
    nonrenewable
  • Biomass is....
    Burning plant or waste matter
    gasoline