Resources on Earth

What makes water a renewable resource?

• It is necessary for all plants and animals to live.

• It is constantly recycled so it can be used again.

• It does not cause pollution.

• It takes hundreds of years for water to be created after it is used.

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What type of resource is limestone?

• new

• renewable

• reservable

• nonrenewable

Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?

• It is used to run power plants.

• It is used throughout the world.

• It produces steam when burned.

• It talks millions of years to form.

Natural Resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use. 
• Rocks that contain metal
• Resources that are continually being replaced and will not run out.
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

Non renewable resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use.
• Rock that contains metal
• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

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Which is a Natural Resource

• Sunlight
• Computers
• Cars
• Roofs

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Which is NOT a natural resource

• Car
• Corn
• Cotton
• Dogs

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• coal
• minerals
• natural gas
• oil

Which of these sources is used for generating electricity that is NOT renewable?

• coal
• the Sun
• wind
• water

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Which of the following is true about coal?

• It is renewable because it is deep inside Earth.
• It is renewable because it can easily be replaced as it is used.
• It is nonrenewable because it cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
• It is nonrenewable because it fuels many power plants that make electricity.