Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources

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

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• Fire

• Steam

• Gorillas

• Wind

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What are fossil fuels?

• Solar, Wind, Hydro

• Coal, Solar, Natural Gas

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

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Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Hydro-electric

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Solar

• Coal

• Natural Gas

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Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

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Why are fossil fuels considered non-renewable 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.

• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Energy that uses heat that comes from within the earth is called

• Geological

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Geographic