Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources

What kind of energy uses air flow through wind turbines to create electricity?

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydropower

• Biomass

What kind of energy comes from burning plant and animal waste?

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Wind

• Biomass

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True or False: Nuclear energy comes from splitting of atoms.

• True

• False

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Check all of the boxes that are FOSSIL FUELS.

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Uranium

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What is coal?

• A solid fossil fuel mined from underground.

• Uranium or plutonium atoms split to create energy.

• A fossil fuel found in a gaseous state.

• Liquid fossil fuel drilled from underground.

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What is oil?

• A solid fossil fuel mined from underground.

• Uranium or plutonium atoms split to create energy.

• A fossil fuel found in a gaseous state.

• A liquid fossil fuel drilled from underground.

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What is gas?

• A liquid fossil fuel drilled from underground.

• A fossil fuel found in a gaseous state.

• Uranium and plutonium atoms split to create energy.

• A solid fossil fuel mined from underground.

Natural resources that cannot be remade or regrown close to the rate at which they are being used.

• Non-renewable energy

• Renewable energy

Fossil fuels are created from the fossilized remains of plants and animals from long ago.

• True

• False

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Nuclear fuel produces a lot of energy and does not cause air pollution. Is this an advantage or disadvantage?

• Advantage

• Disadvantage