Energy Resources

What are renewable resources?

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

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Plastic bags

• Can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

Sunlight is

• Very bright

• A renewable resource

• Will eventually run out soon

• A nonrenewable resource

A group of non-renewable resources, called ______________, include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Fossils

• Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Resources

Coal comes from...

• From plants and animals that died millions of years ago.

• From plants and animals that died hundreds of years ago.

• From burning fossil fuels

• Resources

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How can we conserve energy?

• use less coal, oil, and natural gas.

• use fabric bags instead of plastic.

• use public transportation instead of driving a car.

• All of the above

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Some renewable and non-renewable resources can hurt the environment. Which statement is true?

• Burning wood can pollute our atmosphere

• Burning coal releases gases and smoke into the atmosphere.

• Oil spills in the ocean can affect ships.

• Wind energy can cause harm to plants.

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This is a renewable energy resource that must be conserved.

• Wood

• Oil

• Coal

• Sun

How so we get energy from the sun?

• Sunlight can generate electricity straight from the sky.

• Solar panels use the sun to power turbines.

• Solar panels can convert sunlight into electrical energy.

• Solar panels generate their own electricity.

What is geothermal energy?

• A power plant.

• Heat energy generated and stored in the Earth.

• Nuclear Energy

• A nonrenewable resource

Natural resources are products of the Earth that people use to meet their needs.

• True

• False

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