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WorksheetsRenewable/Nonrenewable Resources
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are renewable resources?
a)
Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
b)
Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
c)
They can not be replaced
2.
What are Nonrenewable resources?
a)
Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
b)
Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
c)
Resources America does not use
3.
Does the United States gets most of its energy from renewable resources?
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
Name Two examples of Nonrenewable resources?
a)
Coal and Oil
b)
Biomass and Wind Turbines
c)
Tidal and Geothermal
5.
Name two examples of Renewable energy?
a)
Coal and Nuclear
b)
Oil and Gas
c)
Solar Panels and Hydroelectric
6.
What is a disadvantage of Fossil Fuels?
a)
Scientists guess that it will run out in the next 50 years
b)
There are no disadvantages
c)
It does not pollute the earth
7.
What is Vampire energy?
a)
Energy used by the sun
b)
Energy used by appliances that are plugged in 24 hours a day
c)
A bat
8.
True or False: Because atoms are small, they don't have a lot of energy.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What was the biggest nuclear disaster?
a)
Watts Bar 2
b)
Palo Verde
c)
Chernobyl
10.
Define Solar Energy
a)
Heat energy from inside the Earth
b)
Energy Created by burning plant and animal wastes
c)
Energy from the sun
11.
Define Biomass energy:
a)
Energy created by burning plant and animal wastes
b)
Energy created by tides and dams
c)
Uses “farms”
12.
Define Geothermal energy
a)
Created by burning plant and animal wastes
b)
Energy from the sun
c)
Heat energy from inside the Earth
13.
Define wind energy:
a)
Uses “farms”
b)
Created by tides and dams
c)
Energy from the sun
14.
Define Water energy:
a)
Energy from the sun
b)
Created by tides and dams
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