Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy

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What is an example of a renewable resource?

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hydropower

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What is a non renewable resource?

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coal

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What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

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86%

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Why don't we use solar energy or geothermal energy as much as we could?

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The set-up cost is too expensive.

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Human activities affect the supply and quality of resources including: land, air, water, all of these.

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all of these

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__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

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Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

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We are using up the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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Many resources help produce electricity by powering a

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generator

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What is a fossil fuel?

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oil

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Coal, oil, and natural gas are all...

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Fossil Fuels