Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources (SI)

A renewable resource is one that is continually produced, such as the wind and sunlight. Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• fresh water
• petroleum
• diamonds
• iron ore

At the current rate that human civilization is burning fossil fuels for energy, the Earth's geologic processes have no chance of keeping pace. This means that fossil fuels are a _______ energy resource.

• nonrenewable
• plentiful
• synthetic
• renewable

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Coal, oil, and natural gas are called _______.

• fossil fuels
• solar energy
• renewable resources
• nuclear power

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Energy that comes from sources whose supplies are capable of being regenerated or are virtually inexhaustible is called

• renewable.
• nonrenewable.
• perpetual.
• inexplicable.

If humans run out of the following resources, which resource would be most difficult to replace?

• coal
• cotton
• rice
• lumber

Many of Earth’s nonrenewable resources are very rare. Other nonrenewable resources, such as coal, are abundant but not easily replaced. What would happen if we used up all the coal on Earth?

• There would be no more coal left to use.
• It is impossible to use all the coal in the world.
• We would make more coal at a factory.
• More coal could quickly be formed underneath the Earth’s surface.

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Most of the world’s energy supply comes from burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. If people continue to burn fossil fuels at the same rate, which of the following events will most likely happen?

• All of the world’s fossil fuel reserves will be used up.
• No changes will be made to the world’s fossil fuel reserves.
• Fossil fuels will quickly reform underneath the ocean’s floor.
• Fossil fuel deposits will be found on the moon.

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Nuclear energy is nonrenewable because

• once we use the Earth’s supply of uranium, there will not be any more.
• mining uranium is very expensive.
• there are a limited number of neutrons in the world.
• uranium is a rare metal.

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Renewable energy sources...

• are constantly replenished by nature.
• are easily available in any environment.
• do not pollute the environment.
• protect the ozone layer.

Renewable resources are resources that can be replaced faster than they are used. Which of the following energy resources is renewable?

• solar energy
• petroleum
• uranium
• natural gas