Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

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What are renewable resources?

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
• They can not be replaced

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What are Nonrenewable resources? 

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time  
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced 
• Resources America does not use

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A flammable liquid made from organic matter buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• Solar

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Fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas that were formed over millions of years from decayed plants and animals. This process requires time, pressure, and heat.

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Resources

• Replenish

• Geothermal

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What is a disadvantage of Fossil Fuels?

• Scientists guess that it will run out in the next 50 years
• There are no disadvantages
• It does not pollute the earth

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Material produced from living or recently living plants or animals and their metabolic byproduct is?

• char
• MSW
• biofuel
• biomass

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Among the disadvantages of biomass energy is that although the source is renewable, many of the processes produce large amounts of?

• ozone
• hydrogen
• toxic metal
• harmful emissions

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Mangrove forests are home for...

• crab

• shrimp

• shells

• fishes

• mollusk species

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What are 3 common names of Mangrove?

• Black Mangroves

• Violet Mangroves

• Red Mangroves

• White Mangroves

• Yellow Mangroves

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What do you call the area where water is stored behind a dam?

• reservoir

• generator

• refuge

• turbine

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Hydropower is a renewable resource.

• True

• False

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What happens when water flows through a dam?

• The water evaporates.

• The water turns a turbine.

• The water is pumped back up.

• The water creates sparks making electricity.

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What are some concerns about building dams to create hydropower? Check all that apply.

• Dams change the environment.

• There are no concerns.

• Dams change fish swimming patterns.

• Dams store too much water.

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Energy from the uneven heating of the Earth is called  - 

• solar
• wind
• geothermal
• biomass

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Wind power is ... (choose 2)

• energy derived from the wind

• always available

• used to produce electricity

• has no disadvantages

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_________ convert the energy of the wind into electricity.

• wind turbines

• hot air balloons

• wind mills

• solar cells