Renewable and Non Renewable Resources

Petroleum is mainly used in the United States for...

• gasoline for cars

• running coal burning power plants

• making windmills turn

• burning for heat

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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

What are Renewable and Non Renewable Resources ?

• Renewable resources cannot be depleted over time

• Non-renewable energy includes fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum.

• Non-renewable energy has a comparatively higher carbon footprint and carbon emissions

• A nonrenewable resource is a natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed. A renewable resource is one that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it is naturally replaced.

A photovoltaic cell captures ____ to be used for power.

• wind

• water

• coal

• sunlight

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• fire

• steam

• water

• heat

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and wind to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant