Natural Resources: Renewable & Nonrenewable

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

Sunlight is...

• Very bright

• Will eventually run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

Wood is...

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

• Used to make oil

• Used to make plastic

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

• Fossils

• Energy

• Resources

• Fossil fuels

Coal comes from...

• from animals that died millions of years ago.

• from plants that died millions of years ago.

• A factory

• Burning fossil fuels

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

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.

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