Non Renewable Resources and Renewable Resources

What are renewable resources?

• A limited amount and cannot be replaced in a human life time.

• Plastic bags

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes

Sunlight is...

• Very bright

• Will eventually run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

Wood is...

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

• Used to make oil

• Used to make plastic

A group of non-renewable resources, called ______________, include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Fossils

• Energy

• Resources

• Fossil fuels

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Coal comes from...

• from animals that died millions of years ago.

• from plants that died millions of years ago.

• A factory

• Burning fossil fuels

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We can get energy from coal by...

• Breaking it down

• Digging it up

• Burning it

• Rubbing it together

_________ comes from tiny animals that died in the ocean millions of years ago.

• Natural gas

• Oil

• Gasoline

• Coal

Oil is used to make...

• gasoline & other types of fuel

• plastics, DVDs, and tires

• Energy

• All of the above

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How can we conserve energy?

• use less coal, oil, and natural gas.

• use fabric bags instead of plastic.

• use public transportation instead of driving a car.

• All of the above

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This is a renewable energy resource that must be conserved.

• Wood

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

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