Copy of Nonrenewable & Renewable Energy

A resource that cannot be replaced during our lifetime (because it is being used up too quickly).

• Nonrenewable Energy Source
• Renewable Energy Source
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Wind Energy

When using nonrenewable resources to generate electricity you need two things:

• Turbine
• Sunlight
• Plants
• Generator

In both renewable and nonrenewable energy turbines create __________________ energy.

• Chemical
• Gravitational
• Thermal
• Rotational/Kinetic

Layers of rock that form over time, and are compacted due to pressure are known as?

• Coal
• Oil
• Fossil Fuels
• Sedimentary Layers

Select all the nonrenewable resources listed below

• Coal
• Oil
• Fossil Fuels
• Natural Gas
• Nuclear Energy

This is the energy that occurs in the core of the sun

• Nuclear Fusion
• Nuclear fission

This is the energy that occurs at a nuclear power plant

• Nuclear Fusion
• Nuclear fission

Nuclear fuel is known as _____________________

• Coal
• Methane
• Uranium
• Acid

Nuclear waste is very dangerous if you are exposed to it because it is _________________________

• Acidic
• Radioactive
• Chemically imbalanced
• Heterogenous mixture

True or False: Surface mining coal is less dangerous and better for the environment than underground mining.

• True
• False