Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources

What is the best pro about renewable resources?

• They are inexpensive

• They are always available

• They create pollution

• They are expensive

What is an example of a non-renewable resource?

• Wind

• Water

• Coal

• Biomass

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Nonrenewable Energy

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Fossil Fuel

• Nonrenewable Energy

• Renewable Energy

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

• They can be made in factories.

• They can be recycled

• They cannot be easily replaced

• They can never be replaced

Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?

• Leaving the TV on all day

• Leaving the light switch on all day

• Burning newspapers

• Recycling cans

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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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To use wisely to prevent waste; save

• Conservation

• Renewable Energy

• Solar

• Hydroelectric

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The amount of coal burned to produce electricity by a typical coal plant in the United States during a three year period has increased by 30%.

What immediate impact will this increase in the consumption of coal have on the environment?

• a decrease in freshwater resources

• an increase in non-biodegradable wastes

• an increase in greenhouse gas emissions

• a decrease atmospheric O2

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Nuclear fuels are highly efficient sources of energy.

What is an environmental impact of the use of nuclear fuels?

• Nuclear fuel is easily exhausted.

• Nuclear waste disposal is hazardous.

• They decrease the pollution of fresh water resources.

• They increase the emission of greenhouse gases.

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