How we use Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

What are renewable resources?

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

• Plastic bags

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

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Coal comes from...

• from animals that died millions of years ago.

• from plants that died millions of years ago.

• A factory

• Burning fossil fuels

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We can get energy from coal by...

• Breaking it down

• Digging it up

• Burning it

• Rubbing it together

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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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A RENEWABLE resource is a resource that...

• Will always be available, so you can use as much as you need.

• Once you use it, it's gone and you can't use it any more.

• gets used underwater.

• Smells really good.

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A NONRENEWABLE resource is a resource that...

• Will always be available, so you can use as much as you need.

• Once you use it, it's gone and you can't use it any more.

• gets used underwater.

• Smells really good.

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What is a fossil fuel?

• A dinosaur that pumps gas

• Giant Rocks

• Resources that are found in the ground

• Something that is good to eat

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Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Moving water

• Dung

Energy we get from earth's interior heat

• Geothermal

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Hydroelectricity

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Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of 

• Energy
• Biomass
• Heat
• Nuclear waste