Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Front

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

Back

We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

Front

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Nonrenewable

Front

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Renewable

Front

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Nonrenewable

Front

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Renewable

Front

Classify: Water (Options: Renewable, Non-Renewable)

Back

Renewable

Front

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

Back

geothermal energy

Front

Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources? Options: leaving the TV on all day, filling the bathtub to the top, recycling cans, burning newspapers

Back

recycling cans

Front

Which form of energy does not use a turbine and generator for electricity? Options: Hydroelectric, Wind, Solar, Coal

Back

Solar

Front

Inexhaustible

Back

We will never run out.