Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

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

What is a disadvantage of Fossil Fuels?

• Scientists guess that it will run out in the next 50 years

• There are no disadvantages

• It does not pollute the earth

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Define Solar Energy

• Heat energy from inside the Earth

• Energy Created by burning plant and animal wastes

• Energy from the sun

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Energy that is made by moving air

• Wind

• Solar

• Oil

• Coal

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Energy that comes from the sun

• Wind

• Solar

• Renewable energy

• Efficient

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A flammable liquid made from organic matter buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• Solar

Fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas that were formed over millions of years from decayed plants and animals. This process requires time, pressure, and heat.

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Resources

• Replenish

• Geothermal

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