6th Grade Module 2 Review

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.

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

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

Define Solar Energy

• Heat energy from inside the Earth
• Energy Created by burning plant and animal wastes
• Energy from the sun

Define Biomass energy:

• Energy created by burning plant and animal wastes
• Energy created by tides and dams
•  Uses “farms”

Define Geothermal energy

• Created by burning plant and animal wastes
•  Energy from the sun
• Heat energy from inside the Earth

Define wind energy:

• Uses “farms”
• Created by tides and dams
• Energy from the sun