Fossil Fuels and Renewable Resources

What is a renewable resource?

• can be replaced after millions of years

• can be replaced within a human lifetime

• include crude oil, natural gas, coal and uranium

• do not replenish in a short period of time

Which describes nonrenewable resources?

• wind power, solar power, hydro power

• they take a short time to replenish

• they take a long time to replenish

• they never run out

Fossil fuels are an energy source that

• are a renewable energy source

• take millions of years to develop

• are made from solar energy

• found only in the oceans

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Fossil fuels form from

• seeds in the ground

• natural gas

• photosynthesis

• ancient plans and dead organisms

How do we use fossil fuels?

• We use them for energy to heat things and electricity.

• We use them to study dinosaurs and animals that died long ago.

• We use them to clean our houses.

• We use them to grow gardens.

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Are fossil fuels renewable or nonrenewable?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

Why are fossil fuels harmful?

• The fossils are sharp and can cut someone.

• The fuel can burn someone.

• They release harmful gases into the air.

• They are slippery.

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What kind of gas is released when burning a fossil fuel?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• helium

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What is one of the causes of climate change?

• too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• too little carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• too much oxygen in the atmosphere

• too little oxygen in the atmosphere

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What are two examples of climate change?

• melting ice caps

• mountains crumbling

• colder weather

• super storms

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