Nonrenewable Energy
Renewable and Inexhaustible
Pros and Cons of Renewables
Sustainability
Environmental Science
100
These are the energy sources that produce carbon dioxide
What are fossil fuels?
100
Renewable energy is this, meaning it is stable and can replenish itself
What is sustainable?
100
Is wood a renewable resource?
Yes it is!
100
These are examples of basic human needs
What are clean water, food, and stable housing?
100
Name three Carbon sinks
Oceans, Forests, and Soil.
200
This nonrenewable source is clean, aside from its radioactive waste
What is nuclear energy?
200
This is how much we have of our inexhaustible sources
What is an infinite amount?
200
Renewable energy technologies are initially this to get installed and operational
What is expensive?
200
Using natural resources without using up too much of it
What is sustainability?
200
We have no backup planet if Earth becomes this
What is uninhabitable?
300
Energy source used to make gasoline and plastic
What is oil?
300
A measure for the impact that humans have on the environment.
Carbon Footprint
300
Renewable energy can be unreliable because of this
What is they are dependent on weather and climate?
300
Can be broken down.
What is Biodegradable
300
What pushes the demand of the environment to its limit?
What is Population?
400
Energy source used for cooking and heating in homes
What is natural gas?
400
This is what would have to happen for solar energy to run out
What is the sun dying?
400
Renewable energy is more accessible for people in these kinds of regions
What are coastal and remote?
400
Analyzing water quality and availability in aquifers, wetlands, and river basins helps understand this critical human impact
What is using clean water
400
This is how much of the United States energy production comes from nonrenewable sources
What is 80%?
500
List three examples of Nonrewable resources.
Fossil fuels, Coal, Natural gases, Nuclear Energy
500
This is where geothermal energy comes from
What is inside the Earth?
500
This is why renewable energy can be economically beneficial
What is the creation of new jobs?
500
What does this image tell you?
The carrying capacity is 2000.
500
Environmental Science incorporates these other four fields.
What are Earth, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences?