Renewable and Nonrenewable

What is one benefit of using renewable resources to produce energy?

• Renewable resources cannot be used up permanently.

• Renewable resources are available everywhere.

• Producing energy from renewable resources is easy.

• Producing energy from renewable resources relies on weather.

Which example describes the use of a nonrenewable energy resource?

• Gasoline is used to fuel a car.

• Sunlight is used to heat a home.

• Water is released through a dam.

• Wind turbines spin to generate electricity.

The United States has the third highest population of all the countries in the world, yet it has the highest energy consumption. Which energy source is the United States in danger of depleting first?

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The table shows the percentages of coal usage in the years 1990 and 1997.

Which conservation method would result in the change indicated by the data?

• recovering

• recycling

• reducing

• reusing

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Energy can be produced in many different ways. Which method adds more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and increases global warming?

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Use the pie graph to answer the question.

What percentage of energy is produced from energy sources that are nonrenewable?

• 21.3%

• 44.7%

• 69.1%

• 89.4%

In a local town, more than 50% of home owners installed solar heaters to keep their homes warm instead of using electricity from coal that comes from a different state.

How will this decision impact the local environment?

• There will be a decrease in local deforestation.

• There will be an increase in acid rain as result of the increased coal conservation.

• There will be an increase in local smog from the coal fired power plants.

• There will be a decrease in local greenhouse gas emissions.

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The photograph shows a solar energy farm near Seville, Spain.

The mirrors reflect incoming sunlight toward the solar tower in the center, where the energy from the sun is turned into electricity. Why are mirrors used to reflect the sunlight?

• to diffuse the incoming solar radiation

• to concentrate the energy from solar rays

• to drive the process of nuclear fission

• to create heat for burning coal

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Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house
• Resources we get from people
• Resources we get from nature

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