Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources

What are renewable resources?

• A limited amount and cannot be replaced in a human life time.

• Plastic bags

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

Wood is...

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

• Used to make oil

• Used to make plastic

A group of non-renewable resources, called ______________, include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Fossils

• Energy

• Resources

• Fossil fuels

Coal comes from...

• from animals that died millions of years ago.

• from plants that died millions of years ago.

• A factory

• Burning fossil fuels

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What is geothermal energy?

• A power plant.

• Heat energy generated and stored in the Earth.

• Nuclear Energy

• A nonrenewable resource

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Sunlight is...

• Very bright

• Will eventually run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

What is one disadvantage of using fossil fuels?

• They do not produce much heat.

• They are difficult to use.

• They are nonrenewable resources.

• They produce more water than other fuels.

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Which resource below is RENEWABLE?

• copper

• wind

• sulfer

• petroleum

The following are renewable sources of energy

• wind and water

• coal and natural gas

• sunlight and petroleum

• minerals and oil

The following are nonrenewable sources of energy

• wind and water

• coal and natural gas

• sunlight and petroleum

• minerals and oil