Differentiate Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources

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What type of energy resource will run out in the next several hundred years? Options: Renewable Energy Resource, Nonrenewable Energy Resource, Fossil Fuels, Forever Fuels

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Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Front

What is an energy resource that will not run out in the next several hundred years?

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Renewable Energy Resource

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

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Nonrenewable

Front

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

Back

Renewable

Front

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

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Renewable

Front

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

Back

They cannot be easily replaced.

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?

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geothermal energy