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What types of energy are used at home

Hydroelectric power (from a dam), nuclear energy, solar power and wind power generate electricity. Natural gas is used for heating. Solar (the sun) can produce heat and electricity.

What percent of the United States' energy is from geothermal

Geothermal electricity production in the US was 0.30 percent in 2006

Why is biomass considered a renewable resource

New plants can always be grown using sunlight and water. Unless there is a supernova, we won't run out of sunlight, and water is continually recycled.

Which would be least helpful in reducing indoor pollution

Increasing the house temperature

When the shells of tiny sea creatures are compressed underwater over millions of years what energy source can be produced

Oil can be produced in this fashion, although we of course are using it much, much faster than it is being produced.

What type of turbine is used to capture the energy of moving air

A windmill is a type of turbine that is used to capture the energy of moving air.

Which problem is most directly caused by burning waste

Toxic chemicals in the air

What activity is an effective solution for keeping the oxygen cycle stable

Replanting trees in deforested areas can help keep the oxygen cycle stable.

How do burning fossil fuels produce electricity

They are used to run most of the power plantsthat generate electricity.

Is global warming an environmental consequence of the use of fossil fuels

Yes.

Coal was created by the squeezing of over millions of years.

Trees

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

Which advancement technology has helped cut down on Waste

electronic storage of files. apex

Which of the following is a nonrenewable recourse

fossil fuel

Burning fossil fuels releases while plants use it as part of photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide

Which is not an environmental consequence of nuclear energy

Greenhouse gases

which of the following best describes a solution that contains a buffer

A citric acid is added to the solution but the pH of the solution does not change

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