Science Vocabulary: Key Words

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Wind

• Oil

• Natural Gas

What do windmills generate?

• Water

• Food

• Electricity

• Heat

Which word means 'hard to find'?

• Convert

• Electricity

• Scarce

• Power

Match the following terms with their correct definitions:

• Not easily found

• Renewable

• Can be used repeatedly because it is replaced naturally

• Convert

• To produce or create

• Scarce

• To change from one form to another

• Generate

Windmills convert wind's _______ into electricity.

• Heat

• Power

• Water

• Light

Wind is a _______ resource.

• Scarce

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

• Limited

What do windmills use to generate electricity?

• Sunlight

• Water

• Wind

• Coal

Match the following images with their correct labels:

• Windmill

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• Blade

• 
• Electricity

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Renewable Resources

• Resources used by humans; fossil fuels, water, minerals, and food sources

• Natural resources that cannot be replaced by nature

  
  

•  Cutting back on the amount of resources we use

• Natural resources that can be replaced by nature

  
  

What is a renewable resource?

• A resource you can reuse over and over

• An object you cannot replace

• Fossil fuels

• A resource that has a nearly unlimited supply