Renewable and Non-renewable Resources

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

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

Petroleum is mainly used in the United States for...

• gasoline for cars

• running coal burning power plants

• making windmills turn

• burning for heat

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and wind to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

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

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy

Which of these are renewable resources?

• coal

• wind

• geothermal

• water in a dam

• biomass