Renewable and Nonrenewable Earth Science

What is a renewable resource?

• An object you can reuse
• An object you cannot reuse
• Fossil fuels
• Oil

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.

• Geothermal
• Hydro
• Wind
• Nuclear

__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.

• Solar

• Geothermal

• Nucler

• Wind

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What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

This renewable resource comes from deep within the Earth.

• Biomass
• Geothermal Energy
• Hydropower
• Solar Energy

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This renewable resource is often captured by large panels on rooftops.

• Wind Energy
• Solar Energy
• Geothermal
• Biomass

When energy from the sun is used to heat something directly (with no moving parts), it is called... 

• active solar heating
• passive solar heating
• photovoltaic cells