Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

A resource is nonrenewable because...

• it cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

• it can be recycled.

• it can easily be replaced as it is used.

• it is available in limited supplies.

This natural resource is...

• nonrenewable solar

• renewable solar

• nonrenewable wind

• renewable water

This natural resource is...

• nonrenewable wind

• renewable solar

• renewable wind

• renewable water

Which of the following is a major cause of air pollution?

• burning fossil fuel

• dumping waste in landfills

• using wind and solar energy

• releasing waste into rivers, lakes, streams...

The energy from moving water is called .

• solar power.

• hydroelectric power.

• wind power.

• fossil fuels .

Forests are

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

A fossil fuel that forms from the remains of plants from millions of years ago.

• Geothermal

• Coal

• biomass

• propane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A renewable energy resource from the heat from within the Earth.

• solar

• fusion

• Geothermal

• hydroelectric

Which extremely flammable gas is most commonly burned for fuel?

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide
• natural gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Which one of these is nonrenewable?

• coal
• wind
• water
• geothermal