Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy

What are renewable resources?

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced
• They can not be replaced

What are Nonrenewable resources? 

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time  
• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced 
• Resources America does not use

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Name Two examples of Nonrenewable resources?

• Coal and Oil
• Biomass and Wind Turbines
• Tidal and Geothermal

Name two examples of Renewable energy?

• Coal and Nuclear
• Oil and Gas
• Solar Panels and Hydroelectric

What was the biggest nuclear disaster?

• Watts Bar 2 
• Palo Verde
• Chernobyl

Define Solar Energy

• Heat energy from inside the Earth
• Energy Created by burning plant and animal wastes
• Energy from the sun

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Define Biomass energy:

• Energy created by burning plant and animal wastes
• Energy created by tides and dams
•  Uses “farms”

Define Geothermal energy

• Created by burning plant and animal wastes
•  Energy from the sun
• Heat energy from inside the Earth

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A flammable liquid made from organic matter buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• Solar

A flammable material made from organic material buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits

• Solar

• Natural Gas

• Hydroelectric

• Conservation