Vocab
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Renewable/
non-renewable
Random
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 Natural Gas, Coal, & Oil examples of?

fossil fuels

100
Soil
Renewable
100

How does clear-cutting forests affect the soil?

Lack of roots leads to erosion

200

A resource that can not be used up.

A renewable resource

200

Give an example of an inexhaustible resource. Explain why.

Sun, Wind, Water, Geothermal

200

Are fossil fuels renewable or non-renewable?

Non-renewable resources

200

What would cause trees to become a nonrenewable resource?

If we cut them down faster than we regrow them.

200
Where does most of the energy we use come from?
Fossil fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural gas
300
Heat and Light energy that is derived from the sun
Solar energy
300

Give 3 examples of how we can conserve energy.

Teacher discretion

300

Give an example of a cleaner energy.

Wind, Water, Sun, Geothermal 

300
Rocks and Minerals
Non-renewable - they take a long time to form, so they are essentially gone once we use them.
300

When we use natural resources for our needs, what happens to the available amount?

It decreases

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/wind turbine

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 a disadvantage of using solar power.

You have to store it and it is expensive.

500
Energy that comes from heat deep within the earth.
Geothermal energy
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
Renewable, with the exception of Endangered species which are no longer renewable
500

Energy derived from breaking apart atoms and putting them back together.

Nuclear energy

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