Renewable vs nonrenewable resources

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What is hydropower energy?

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Energy made from moving water.

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Which natural resource is a renewable energy resource?

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Sun.

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How do daily human choices affect the environment?

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They can harm the environment, for example, through emissions from fossil fuel power plants.

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What is one way to protect the environment from fossil fuel power plants?

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Using solar power to generate electricity.

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Which alternative energy resource can be harmful to birds?

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Wind energy.

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What form of alternative energy uses the sun?

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Solar power.

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Define renewable resources.

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Resources that can be replenished naturally over time, such as solar, wind, and hydropower.

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Define nonrenewable resources.

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Resources that cannot be replenished in a short period, such as coal, oil, and natural gas.

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What is biomass energy?

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Energy produced from organic materials, such as plant and animal waste.

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What is geothermal energy?

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Energy derived from the heat stored beneath the Earth's surface.