Resources and Climate Change

What are renewable resources?

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
• They can not be replaced

What are Nonrenewable resources? 

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time  
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced 
• Resources America does not use

Does the United States gets most of its energy from renewable resources?

• Yes
• No

Name Two examples of Nonrenewable resources?

• Coal and Oil
• Biomass and Wind Turbines
• Tidal and Geothermal

Name two examples of Renewable energy?

• Coal and Nuclear
• Oil and Gas
• Solar Panels and Hydroelectric

True or False: Because atoms are small, they don't have a lot of energy.

• True
• False

Which one is not a source of power?

• Wave power

• Tidal power

• Sand power

• Solar power

A group of compounds that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere, keeping the Earth's surface warmer than it would be if they were not present.

• CO2 emissions

• greenhouse gases

• climate change

What is depicted in the photo?

• coal mine

• oil rig

• power station

• solar panel

As average global temperature rises,

• Average precipitation increases

• Average precipitation decreases

• Average precipitation is unchanged