Energy Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy

Which of these are renewable resources?

• coal

• wind

• geothermal

• water in a dam

• biomass

What is a natural resource?

• Material from the Earth that people use for their needs.

• A place hidden in the mountains.

• An object made from natural things.

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

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Non-Renewable Energy Resource

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

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Non-renewable Energy Resource

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of 

• Energy
• Biomass
• Heat
• Nuclear waste

What is one disadvantage of using solar power?

• It is free

• At night, no power can be made

• It is renewable