Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

• 25%
• 45%
• 61%
• 86%

What is a non renewable resource?

• water
• wind
• coal
• biomass

Do renewable energy sources run out?

• Yes 
• No

What is the best pro about renewable resources? 

• The are inexpensive 
• They are always available
• They are expensive
• They create pollution  

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

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Forever Fuels

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuel
• Forever Fuel

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1