Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources

Fossil fuels are...

• fuels formed by animal bones only

• the main source of energy today (gasoline, coal, and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals from deep underground.

• fuels that we use to make rocks

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Environment is...

• the space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

• only living things

• only the air around us

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A turbine is a...

• a big ride

• a power tool

• machine used to produce continuous power

A renewable energy resource is a...

• resource that we can make again in the stores really fast

• a natural resource from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time; for example, trees

• thing you can recycle

A non-renewable energy resource is...

• something the factories can't make anymore

• something that can't be recycled

• a natural resource that cannot easily replaced by nature at a quick enough pace to keep up with how much it's being used

Solar power is...

• when the sun makes something so hot

• using particles from space to create electricity

• the conversion of sunlight into electricity

Coal is...

• something that is renewable

• a dangerous liquid from volcanoes

• a solid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy; used often with trains

Oil is...

• a liquid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy. It is often used to make gasoline and plastic

• for washing dishes

• all over the Earth. There is so much!

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wind energy is...

• when you use water

• when you use trees for energy

• the process of creating electricity using the wind

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To conserve means to...

• hold on to stuff and never use it

• waste things

• protect from harm or destruction

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