Earth's Natural Resources

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

All of the following are renewable energy sources EXCEPT-

• water

• wind

• coal

• biomass

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

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.

• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuels

• Forever Fuels

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Forever Fuel

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Petroleum Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable