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

Sunlight is...

• Very bright

• Will eventually run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

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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... (more than 1 answer can be selected)

• from animals that died millions of years ago.

• from plants that died millions of years ago.

• A factory

• Burning fossil fuels

We can get energy from coal by...

• Breaking it down

• Digging it up

• Burning it

• Rubbing it together

What is geothermal energy?

• A power plant.

• Heat energy generated and stored in the Earth.

• Nuclear Energy

• A nonrenewable resource

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Energy that cannot be replaced in our lifetime

• Nonrenewable Energy

• Renewable Energy

• Geothermal

• Alternative Energy

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Where does most of earth`s energy come from?

• The sun
• Mars
• Wind
• Water

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What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? 

• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Petroleum 
• Coal