Nonrenewable Resources Practice

Which of the following is a natural resource and why?

• A brick because it contains natural resources, and it is manmade.

• Plants because it is not manmade and they occur in nature.

• T-shirt because it is with natural resources.

• Paper because it is made from wood, which is natural.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

A powerful energy released by splitting uranium atoms

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

They want to sort the resources into Renewable and nonrenewable. Which question will BEST help them sort the resources?

• How much energy will be produced?

• Are they natural resources?

• At what rate are they produced?

• Where are they located?

Formed from the remains of sea organisms. (Choose two answers)

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Formed from a metal (uranium) deep beneath Earth’s surface.

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Fossil fuels form from:

• Decomposed remains of ancient organisms

• Sedimentary rock

• Salt water that gets trapped in layers of rock deep within Earth

• Magma that is trapped inside rock deep within Earth

Meltdown possible with this source

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

Extremely flammable

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

Formed from the remains of swamp plants

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Produces a Radioactive Waste

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

• Nuclear