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Test Study Guide

Know where coal, oil and natural gas come from.

Know the following terms and their definitions:

Know how coal is formed.

Know what an advantage of using fossil fuels for energy

Know what the process of nuclear fission is.

Know what an advantage of nuclear energy is.

Be able to describe two factors that make nuclear power expensive.

Quiz Study Guide

Section 17.1 Energy Resources & Fossil Fuels

Please study the following items:

1. List five factors that influence the value of a fuel.

2. Explain how fuels are used to generate electricity in an electric power plant.

3. Identify patterns of energy consumption and production in the world and in the United States.

4. Explain how fossil fuels form and how they are used.

5. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of fossil-fuel use.

6. List three factors that influence predictions of fossil-fuel production.

17.1 Vocabulary

fossil fuel

electric generator

petroleum

oil reserve