Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

a fossil fuel in a gas form used for heating and electricity production.

• fossil fuels

• biomass

• natural gas

• petroleum

a resource that can be replaced in a short time. Examples: passive and active solar energy, biomass fuel, hydroelectric, geothermal, wind power.

• solar energy

• renewable resource

• geothermal energy

• fossil fuels

the process by which materials in the Earth's crust are taken from the Earth

• mining

• coal

• petroleum

• agriculture

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind through a windmill.

• solar energy

• wind power

• tidal power

• nuclear energy

The process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger nucleus.

• nuclear fusion

• natural gas

• nuclear energy

• energy conservation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

any substance in nature that we use for energy

• geothermal energy

• natural resource

• natural gas

• human captial

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a resource that cannot be replaced or takes a very long time to be replaced. Examples: Nuclear energy, fossil fuels, and minerals

• geothermal energy

• fossil fuels

• solar energy

• nonrenewable energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

• natural gas

• biomass

• nuclear fission

• nuclear energy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.

• nuclear energy

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• tidal power

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

a renewable resource that comes from the sun

• hydroelectric energy

• nuclear energy

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

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