Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

We can get energy from coal by...

• Breaking it down

• Digging it up

• Burning it

• Rubbing it together

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Gold

• Wind

What factor limits the amount of hydroelectricity that can be produced?

• sunlight

• water

• wind

• diamonds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clothes are often made from cotton, which is grown from a plant. What kind of resource is cotton?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• mineral

• chemical

Terra's teacher wants her to design a car that can be powered by a renewable resource. Which of the following energy sources is nonrenewable?

• gasoline/petroleum

• sunlight

• wind

• corn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Which human action could help keep Earth's ecosystems healthy?

• recycling bottles and cans

• using nonrenewable resources

• throwing garbage into the ocean

• increasing the human population

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

__________is the energy generated from the sun by using solar panels.

• Wind
• Hydro
• Nuclear
• Solar

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.

• Geothermal
• Hydro
• Wind
• Nuclear

_________is a liquid pumped from under the Earth’s surface and is then used to produce energy by burning.

• Oil/Fossil Fuels

• Natural Gas
• Geothermal
• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which below describes a  renewable Resource?

• silver

• copper

• wind

• natural gas