Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Any valuable material of geologic origin that can be extracted from the earth

• fossil resources
• carbon resources
• natural resources
• renewable resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The act of limiting usage of a natural resource to help protect it

• Conservation
• Sustainability 
• Environmentalism
• Biodegradable

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• coal
• minerals
• natural gas
• oil

Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?

• Not easily available
• causes pollution when burned
• only available at certain times
• creates long lasting waste

Harvesting animals by hunting, trapping and fishing is...

• Renewable Use

• Consumptive Use

• Non-Consumptive Use

• Non Renewable Use

Interacting with wildlife without harvesting them is known as...

• Non Renewable

• Consumptive Use

• Non-Consumptive Use

• Renewable Resources

Which renewable energy source uses the superheated water below earth's surface to spin a turbine and generator?

• hydroelectric dam
• geothermal power
• wind farm
• hydrogen fuel

__________ is an energy resource that will never run out for the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Inexhaustible energy resource

• Exhaustible energy resource

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

• 25%
• 45%
• 61%
• 86%

Occurs when trees are clear cut for human uses

• extinction

• deforestation

• desertification

• unsustainable