Natural Resources and Renewable Energy

Natural resources are resources found in​ (a)   that are ​ (b)   to people. Natural resources can be classified as ​ (c)   or nonrenewable​

• nature
• useful
• renewable

The prefix re- means ​ (a)   . Therefore, a renewable resource is a resource that can be ​ (b)   as quickly as it is ​ (c)   . Renewable resources almost never ​ (d)   . There are five main types of renewable resources.

• again
• replaced
• used
• run out
• not
• never
• vanish

There are numerous harmful effects caused by burning fossil ​ (a)   . For instance, when fossil fuels are burned ​ (b)   release harmful pollution into the ​ (c)   which can ​ (d)   our health. The burning of fossil fuels is also causing global climate change. ​ (e)   patterns are changing leading to an increase of certain types of natural disasters. Climate change is also threatening biodiversity within ecosystems. Some species are not able to adapt to the changing environment and may one day become extinct.

• fuels
• they
• air
• damage
• Weather
• pollution
• disasters
• extinct
• climate

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Why is it important to conserve natural resources? Why should we choose to use renewable forms of energy?

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Renewable or Nonrenewable

Groups:

(a) Renewable

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(b) Nonrenewable

• trees

• energy takes a very long period of time to form

• solar

• these sources of energy take a short amount of time to be replaced

• oil

• wind

• rocks and minerals

• natural gas

Circle the natural resource that we have used the longest period of time

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Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

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