Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

A renewable resource is

• Something that will eventually run out

• Something that is always available and replaced quickly

• Is created when a cow burps

• Something that creates a lot of greenhouse gasses

Which renewable resource is created using a dam or control gates?

• Solar Power

• Wind Power

• Hydroelectric Power

• Biomass Fuel

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Biomass Fuels are created from

• the sun's energy

• intense heat from Earth's interior

• strong, steady winds

• materials that were once part of living things

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One disadvantage of solar power is....

• It won't run out for billions of years

• It is expensive to convert into electricity

• It doesn't produce greenhouse gases

• It doesn't cause pollution

Students were asked to generate a list that contained nothing but renewable resources. Which student was the only one to make a correct list?

• student A

• student B

• student C

• student D

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A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• conservation

• resource

What is a renewable resource? (Choose all that are correct)

• A resource you can reuse over and over

• An object you cannot replace

• Fossil fuels

• A resource that has a nearly unlimited supply

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

Water you swim in:

• renewable

• nonrenewable

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What are renewable resources?

• A limited amount and cannot be replaced in a human life time.

• Plastic bags

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Can be replaced in our lifetime through natural processes