Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy

What are renewable resources?

• A limited amount and cannot be replaced in a human life time.

• Coal, oil, natural gas

• Plastic bags

• They can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

Sunlight....

• Very bright

• Will run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

Wood is....

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

• Used to make plastic

• Used to make oil

A group of nonrenewable resources, called ________________, include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Fossils

• Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Resources

How can we conserve energy?

• Use less coal, oil and natural gases.

• Recycling materials.

• Turning a light off when leaving a room.

• All of the above.