Natural Resources

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

Which are ways we use fossil fuels?

• eating and drinking

• arts and crafts

• paper and building

• cars and heat

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of energy in a _____ power plant.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun? 

• Geothermal
• Solar
• Wind
• Hydrogen

Why do we tend to use non-renewable resources instead of renewable resources?

• Less Expensive

• More Energy

• All of these

What is a disadvantage of using non-renewable resources?

• They have a large carbon footprint.

• They can all be used up over time.

• They can lead to global warming.

• All of these.