Renewable, Non-Renewable, & Flow Resources

Define Energy

• Allows things to work right away.

• Energy is the capacity to do work.

• Energy can be found in any form.

• Energy comes in a variety of forms, and it can be electrical, mechanical, thermal, or nuclear, and these forms can be transformed from one to another.

True or False: A renewable resource is one that we immediately run out of.

• True

• False

Wind is an example of what kind of energy?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

• Flow

Solar energy is a non-renewable source. True or false.

• False

• True

Renewable resources are beneficial because...

• Less dependent on fossil fuels

• Allows for job opportunities

• Reduces air pollution

• Better for the environment as a whole

• All the above

A non-renewable resource is one that is either not replaced at all, or is replaced at a very slow rate by natural processes. True or False.

• True

• False

True or false - Fossil fuels help our environment and they emerge from old life forms from plants and animals that have been decayed.

• True

• False

Oil, gas, and tar sands, are examples of what kind of resource?

• Flow

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

A flow resource is:

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

• Used where it occurs and is anything that moves. A resource that can only be a natural resource.

Final Question: What is the best kind of energy to use and why?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

• Flow