Resources and reserves

What are renewable resources?

• Resources that are limited and that cannot be replaced in our lifetimes

• Resources that can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

Sunlight __________

• is very bright

• is a renewable resource

• will eventually run out

• is a nonrenewable resource

A Fossil Fuel is

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use

• Fuels that formed years ago from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.

• Rock that contains metal

• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out.

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Coal, oil, and natural gas are a group of non-renewable resources called ________________

• Fossils

• Resources

• Energy

• Fossil fuels

Energy that cannot be replenished or replaced in our lifetimes.

• Non-renewable Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Renewable Energy

• Alternative Energy

Energy that is made by moving air is called ____________

• Wind

• Oil

• Solar

• Coal

What are the 3 fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• natural gas, oil, coal

• coal, hydroelectric, oil

Mining of oil sands is currently uneconomical due to current price structure

• True

• False