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3rd SW Warm up 1 (renewable,nonrenewable resources)
Contributed by: Ruble
1.  Nonrenewable energy resources include:(Look in your journal)
Coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric
natural gas, wind, oil
solar, nuclear, oil
2.Renewable energy resources include:(Look in your journal)
Nuclear, biomass, natural gas
coal, oil, natural gas
biomass, hydroelectric, solar
wind, nuclear, natural gas

3.

Nonrenewable resources (except nuclear) 

are formed from:

(Look in your journal)

coal, and oil from under ground

decaying biomass

burning plants and animal waste

 the remains of dead plants and animals

4.

Many renewable resources function by:

(Look in your journal)

burning up all the fossil fuels

solar energy operating generators

 boiling water to create steam which turns a

turbine connected to a generator which produces

electricity.

they all require power plants

5.

In addition to creating electricity, oil (petroleum) 

is also used to:

(Look at oil info page with QR code)

power trains

create household chemicals

produce helium for balloons

power solar panels

6.

Biomass as a renewable resource has an advantage in

that it is available almost everywhere.

(look in your journal at biomass info page)

 True

False

7.

Geothermal energy is low in environmental pollution,

accessible all around the world, and geothermal vents

are always easy to access near the earths surface.

(Look in your journal)

True

False

8.

Which energy resource uses very little fuel to produce

great amounts of electricity, but also creates

radioactive waste?

(Look in your journal)

 

solar

biomass

nuclear

natural gas

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