Renewable/Nonrenewable Resources

What are renewable resources?

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
• They can not be replaced

What are Nonrenewable resources? 

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time  
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced 
• Resources America does not use

Does the United States gets most of its energy from renewable resources?

• Yes
• No

Name Two examples of Nonrenewable resources?

• Coal and Oil
• Biomass and Wind Turbines
• Tidal and Geothermal

Name two examples of Renewable energy?

• Coal and Nuclear
• Oil and Gas
• Solar Panels and Hydroelectric

What is a disadvantage of Fossil Fuels?

• Scientists guess that it will run out in the next 50 years
• There are no disadvantages
• It does not pollute the earth

What is Vampire energy?

• Energy used by the sun
• Energy used by appliances that are plugged in 24 hours a day
• A bat 

True or False: Because atoms are small, they don't have a lot of energy.

• True
• False

What was the biggest nuclear disaster?

• Watts Bar 2 
• Palo Verde
• Chernobyl

Define Solar Energy

• Heat energy from inside the Earth
• Energy Created by burning plant and animal wastes
• Energy from the sun