Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources

An energy resource that is used much faster than it can be replaced by natural processes is called _________ .

• Non-renewable resource

• Renewable resource

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• Energy Resource

A fossil fuel is a renewable resource.

• True

• False

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable resource?

• Wind

• Oil

• Solar energy

• Hydro-power

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

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Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

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What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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What type of power plant uses scraps from farming and waste to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

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