Renewable or Non-Renewable
Non-renewable
Natural Resources
Renewable
100
Renewable or non-renewable:
Solar power
renewable
100
Name one non-renewable energy resource.
coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear energy, etc.
100
What makes a resource natural?
It comes from nature!
100
Are renewable resources sustainable?
Yes
200
True or False: Petroleum is a fossil fuel
True
200
What is a simple definition for non-renewable resources? (Mr. Khuc has been saying it a lot.)
"If you use it, you lose it."
200
Name one natural resource.
(answers may vary)
200
What does sustainable mean?
"I can continue to do it for a long period of time." (answers may vary)
300
Coal is considered a ________ resource because it is not easily regenerated and will eventually run out.
non-renewable
300
Fossil fuels are made of
fossils, ancient plants and animals, dinosaurs
300
True/False: Salt is a natural resource.
True
300
What sustainable energy source do we have here in Meriden?
Hydropower (from Hanover Pond)
400
Renewable or non-renewable?
Natural gas
non-renewable
400
Coal is made of...
dead plants
400
True/False: the chair you sit on is a natural resource.
False.
(It's manmade)
400
What is the name for the renewable energy that comes from the heat of the earth?
Geothermal
500
Uranium is a ______ energy source used for ____ energy.
non-renewable; nuclear
500
Petroleum is used for multiple things, name two!
gasoline (petrol), diesel, kerosene and jet fuel; bitumen, paraffin wax and lubricants; used to make plastics
500
What is the type of gas that we measure our carbon footprint in?
Greenhouse gases
500
The type of renewable energy made from organic material, dead plants, animals, etc.
Biomass