Renewable Resources Unit Review

​ (a)   : Resources are equally distributed around the world.

• False
• True

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What is an ADVANTAGE of wind energy?

• There is no electricity when there is no wind.

• Turbines may be noisy.

• No harmful gasses are produced.

Oil takes ​ (a)   to make.

• hundreds of millions of years
• 40 years
• a few years
• 1 million years

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Burning fossil fuels releases this gas into the air and makes the earth warmer.

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Match the following.

• Sun

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Oil

• Nonrenewable Resources 2

• Hydropower

• Renewable Resource 2

• Natural Gas

• Renewable Resource

Wind is...

• natural and nonrenewable

• natural and renewable

• artificial and nonrenewable

• artificial and renewable

An example of a renewable resource is ​ (a)  

• sunlight
• coal
• natural gas
• petrol

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Willow Grove is looking for alternate energy sources that use wind and solar. When looking for them, Mrs. Esposito should consider _________ .

• The impact of air pollution on the community.

• The amount of year-round sunshine, wind speeds and start-up costs.

• The mean temperature of Haverstraw.

• The amount of year-round rain we get in Haverstraw.

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This type of resource does NOT show a quick "cycle."

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Which is a RENEWABLE resource?

• Oil that takes 8 million years to form.

• Solar rays that take 8 minutes to reach Earth.

• Coal that takes 5 million years to form.

• Methane that takes 7 thousand years to outgas.