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Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
MELTS
Electricity
100
Name a renewable resource
ferns, rabbits, water, plants, animals, etc.
100
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable - will come back soon to be used again
Nonrenewable - Will NOT come back soon. We will run out of it.
100
What does the M stand for and give me one example.
Mechanical - machine of some sort
100
Name a conductor.
anything metal
200
What kind of energy does it take to roast a marshmallow over a campfire?
Thermal
200
Name a nonrenewable resource.
Coal, oil, natural gas
200
What does the L stand for and what is the main source of it in the world?
Light - Sun
200
What does a circuit need to be to have electricity flow through it?
Closed
300
What is the definition of renewable resources?
Resources that can be replaced in a few years.
300
A resource is considered nonrenewable if it
is used at a rate faster than it can be replaced.
300
What does the E stand for and give me an example
Electrical - runs through wires, so anything plugged in.
300
What does a battery provide?
Energy
400
What type of resource is coal?
Nonrenewable
400
Why should we conserve coal, oil, and natural gas?
they are nonrenewable resources
400
What does the S stand for and give me an example.
Sound - any instrument
400
Name one thing that would allow electricity to flow through it when added to a circuit.
nail, aluminum foil, metal, etc.
500
What kind of energy does the sun give out?
Light
500
What does conserve mean?
Take care of, protect, try to use less
500
What does the T stand for and give me an example.
Thermal - heat, fire, thermos
500
Name something powered by wind energy.
Wind turbine