Vocabulary
To Use as Energy
Fossil Fuels
Renewable
Non-Renewable
No longer renewable
Random
Grab Bag
100
What is a natural resource?
Something that comes from the earth and is made into something useful for humans.
100
Name three natural resources we can use for energy
Sun, Wind, Water, Nuclear, Fossil fuels, Geothermal
100
What are Gasoline, Natural Gas, Coal, Oil examples of?
fossil fuels
100
Soil
Renewable
100
Name one thing that has had a huge impact on our soil resources in the US since colonial times.
Erosion or Urban Expansion
200
A resource that is will be around forever. How much we use and what we use it for has no effect on how much of it is available. ex. sunlight or wind
A perpetual resource
200
The sun can be used as an energy source, what type of resource is this? (renewable, non-renewable, perpetual or no longer renewable)
Perpetual
200

Are fossil fuels renewable, non-renewable, or no longer renewable resources?

Non-renewable resources

200
Forests
Renewable - unless we damage them too much
200
Where does most of the energy we use come from?
Fossil fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural gas
300

Why is it important to conserve natural resources?

To prevent resources from being wasted or depleted and to make sure they are available for future generations.

300
Wind can be used as a source of energy, what type of resource is this? (renewable, non-renewable, perpetual or no longer renewable)
Perpetual
300

What could we use for energy instead of fossil fuels?

Wind, Water, Sun

300
Rocks and Minerals
Non-renewable - they take a long time to form, so they are essentially gone once we use them.
300
A natural resource that due to human actions can no longer rejuvenate itself is called....
a no longer renewable resource
400
A natural resource that once we use is essentailly gone, because it takes so long for it to rejuvenate itself. (ex. fossil fuels)
non-renewable resource
400
Wind can be used as a source of energy, what tool is used to harvest the wind and make it into electricity?
A windmill
400
Name the two major consequences of using fossil fuels for energy.
They are non-renewable and they polute the air as they are burned to produce energy
400
Fresh water
renewable - there is a limited amount, but it is constantly being used and changed back into usable fresh water.
400
Name at least five natural resource needed to make an apple pie.
apples - from trees grown in the soil flour - from wheat grown in the soil water - to make crust, and water the apple tree metal - mined from the earth to make a pan and the oven Energy(fossil fuels, water, wind, sun, geothermal) Fresh air - needed for plants to grow and us to breathe Butter - for crust - made from cream, from cows, who ate grass, that grew in soil Anything else that your group agrees to will work too.
500

A forest is a renewable resource, but a large area is being cut down faster than new trees can grow. Why might the forest no longer function as a renewable resource?

Because humans are using the resource faster than it can naturally be replaced, causing the forest to become depleted.

500
What natural resource is used to make electricity when we talk about hydroelectric power?
Water
500
What are fossil Fuels made from?
Dead plant and animal material burried, compacted and changed over many millions of years.
500

Wildlife - * one exception within wildlife

Renewable, with the exception of Endangered species which are no longer renewable

500

A city replaces some of its electricity from coal with electricity from wind turbines. How does this change the way the city uses natural resources?

The city is using more of a renewable resource (wind) and reducing its use of nonrenewable fossil fuels (coal).

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