Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

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.

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which type of alternative energy resource?

• biomass

• wind

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?

• leaving the TV on all day

• filling the bathtub to the top

• recycling cans

• burning newspapers

Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy.  What does inexhaustible mean?

• We will run out at any minute.
• We will never run out.
• We will run out in 100 years.
• We will run out in 20 years.

Why don't we use solar energy or geothermal energy as much as we could?

• The sun and geothermal energy are limited.

• The sun and geothermal are too weak in certain areas.

• The set-up cost is very expensive.

• The machines are too large.

What form of alternative energy uses plants and animal waste and turns it into fuel?

• geothermal power

• biomass power

• solar power

• hydroelectric power