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Non-renewable or Renewable: Coal

• Renewable
• Non-Renewable

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Which of these is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops
• burning fossil fuels for energy
• dumping sewage in river systems
• using uranium to generate electricity

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What year is coal estimated to run out?

• 2086

• 2088

• 2090

• 2066

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All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT -

• decomposed animals

• decayed plants

• sedimentary rocks

• active volcanoes

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This fossil fuel has been created by the remains of plants and must be mined from deep within the Earth.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• solar

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The following are renewable sources of energy

• wind and water

• coal and natural gas

• sunlight and petroleum

• minerals and oil

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Fossil fuel that comes from energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.

• Biomass

• Efficient

• Coal

• Oil

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The picture shows coal, one of Earth's energy resources.

Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?

• It is difficult to mine because it is deep inside Earth.

• It is a resource that can easily be replaced as it is used.

• It is a resource that cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

• It is the resource that fuels many power plants that make electricity.

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

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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Renewable or Nonrenewable?

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

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