Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable –vs‐ Nonrenewable
Resources

Notebook....

​Make a chart (or just copy the info. as we go)

Look at the side board for reference....
You need
1. The resource
2. If its renewable or non renewable
3. Pros to the using the resource
4. Cons to using the resource

Multiple Choice

What is energy?

• The ability to do work
• Light
• Heat
• Gas

Multiple Choice

Energy causes ___________ to occur.

• change
• motion
• age
• laziness

Multiple Choice

Energy from the sun is known as.........

• hydroelectric energy

• geothermal energy

• Radiant energy

• wind energy

Multiple Choice

Stored energy based on position is known as...

• Lazy
• Potential
• Kinetic

Multiple Choice

A car moving down the road is an example of

• Potential
• Kinetic

Multiple Choice

The turkey is being cooked in the oven by _____ Energy.

• Thermal

• Solar

• Electrical

• None

Multiple Choice

Which skier will have a greater potential energy? 

• Skier 1
• Skier 2

Multiple Choice

Moving electrons is an example of which form of energy?

• Thermal energy

• Electrical energy

• Chemical energy

• Mechanical energy

Multiple Choice

What type of energy is stored in the bonds between atoms

• Electrical energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

Energy Sources – Renewable and
Nonrenewable Resources

• Renewable = can be replenished fairly easily

– Renewable Energy = Derived from resources like
the sun and wind, that can easily be replenished
• Non‐renewable = can not be replenished (or

at least not in our life time)
– Non‐renewable Energy = energy sources like coal

and oil, that can not be replaced over a useful
period of time.

Renewable Energy/Resources

Biomass ‐ organic material made from

plants and animals (microorganisms).

Pros:

• Cleaner burning than oil
• Abundant
• renewable

Cons:

• Causes food prices to rise
because we use grains to
make ethanol
• Greenhouse gas producer
• Not efficient to transport
the raw material

Multiple Choice

What is biomass?

• Anything that is or once was alive

• A fossil fuel

• a nonrenewable resource

• A oil we find underground

Multiple Choice

What is Biomass good for?

• gas

• Heat and electricity

• oil

• to make plastic

Multiple Choice

Is Biomass

• Nonrenewable

• renewable

Geothermal ‐ Temperatures hotter than the sun's

surface are continuously produced inside the Earth by the slow
decay of radioactive particles, a process that happens in all rocks.

Pros:

• Low greenhouse gas
producer
• Renewable in some places
• Energy and cost efficient

Cons:

• Few geothermal fields that
are not on protected land

Hydropower ‐ energy from moving water

Pros:

• No greenhouse gases
• Can generate lots of
electricity
• Renewable

Cons:

• Can damage environment where
dam is built (can change the natural water
temperatures, chemistry, flow characteristics, and
silt loads, all of which can lead to significant
changes in the ecology (living organisms and the
environment) and rocks and land forms of the
river upstream and downstream.
• Expensive to build

Solar Power ‐ the sun’s rays (solar radiation) that

reach the Earth. This energy can be converted into
other forms of energy, such as heat and electricity.

Pros:

• No greenhouse gases
released
• When located on buildings
have limited impact on
environment
• Renewable

Cons:

• Expensive investment to
install
• Not effective in areas with
limited light

Wind Power ‐ wind turbines use blades, the wind flows over

the blades creating lift, like the effect on airplane wings, which causes
them to turn. The blades are connected to a drive shaft that turns an
electric generator to produce electricity.

Pros:

• No greenhouse gases
produced
• Renewable in some places

Cons:

• Limited to areas of reliable
high winds
• High initial cost (but not as
much as solar)
• Extensive land use
• Harms bats and migrating
birds

Multiple Select

Which TWO of the following are renewable resources?

• Oil

• Solar

• Coal

• Hydroelectric

Multiple Choice

Energy that uses heat from hot rocks deep in Earth's crust.

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Solar

Multiple Choice

What type of energy is created from flowing or moving water usually through a dam.

• hydroelectric

• solar

• geothermal

• biomass

Multiple Choice

What type of energy comes from burning plant waste or animal manure?

• nuclear

• geothermal

• coal

• biomass

Multiple Choice

Renewable resources are generally "clean" meaning they do not pollute. Is this and advantage or disadvantage?

• advantage (benefit)

• disadvantage (problem)

Multiple Choice

Natural resources can be...

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• both renewable and nonrenewable

Non‐Renewable Energy/Resources

Oil (Petroleum) ‐ Crude oil is a smelly, yellow‐to‐black

liquid and is usually found in underground areas called reservoirs.

Pros:

• Easy to produce and
transport
• High energy output

Cons:

• Non‐renewable
• Region specific (causes lots of wars)
• Running out
• Environmental damage from spills
• High greenhouse gas (CO2)
producer

Natural Gas ‐ main ingredient in natural gas is methane,

a gas (or compound) composed of one carbon atom and four
hydrogen atoms.

Pros:

• Abundant
• Fewer greenhouse gases
than coal or oil

Cons:

•Expensive to transport
•Greenhouse gas producer
•Non‐renewable
•Many of the areas that are now being
explored and developed for natural gas
production are wilderness areas, and
development of these areas have large
impacts on the area's environment,
wildlife populations

Coal ‐ a combustible black or brownish‐black sedimentary rock composed

mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. Most abundant fossil fuel produced in the U.S.
The energy in coal comes from the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of
millions of years ago, when the Earth was partly covered with swampy forests.

Pros:

• Abundant
• High energy output

Cons:

• Non‐renewable (it takes
millions of years to create)
• Extraction is destructive to
environment
• High greenhouse gas producer

Nuclear Power/Uranium ‐ nuclear fission, atoms are

split apart to form smaller atoms, releasing energy. Nuclear power plants use
this energy to produce electricity.

Pros:

• No greenhouse gases
• Very efficient energy
producer
• abundant

Cons:

• Expensive to build and maintain
reactors
• Produces radioactive waste
• Difficult to dispose of waste
• Heated waste water is harmful to
aquatic life
• Terrorism threat with spent fuel
(nuclear weapons)

Multiple Choice

What type of resource comes from dead plants and animals from millions of years ago?

• Renewable

• Non-Renewable

• Fossil Fuels

• Clean Energies

Multiple Choice

This graph shows US energy sources from 2021:

What was the most used energy source?

• Natural Gas

• Oil
  (Petroleum)

• Coal

• Wind

Multiple Choice

This graph shows US energy sources from 2021:

What was the most used CLEAN and RENEWABLE energy source?

• Nuclear

• Solar

• Biomass

• Wind

Match

Match the energy source to the right picture:

Hydroelectric

Tidal

Solar

Geothermal

Biomass

• Hydroelectric

• Tidal

• Solar

• Geothermal

• Biomass

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a problem with NONRENEWABLE energy sources?

• They don't make very much energy

• They are very expensive to use

• They cause a lot of pollution

• They only work in certain places

Multiple Choice

Wind is a non-renewable energy source.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Choose the example(s) of a non-renewable resource.

• Oil

• Coal

• Natural gas

• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

Can a renewable resource become a non-renewable resource?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Students at Speake Elementary are studying how renewable energy could be used to supply their town with electricity. Which of the following energy sources could be used to meet the town’s renewable energy needs?

• Natural Gas

• Solar Power

• Coal

• Petroleum

Multiple Choice

Why is water power a renewable resource?

• Energy can be collected from stationary water, so long as there is water we can get energy.

• Water will always flow downhill due to gravity.

• Water changes direction of flow from uphill to downhill, but dams and turbines are designed to generate power from both directions.

• Water power isn't a renewable resource.

Multiple Choice

Electronic devices are made from renewable resources.

• True

• False