All Middle School Earth and Space Science Resources
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
Possible Answers:
hydropower
biomass energy
natural gas
geothermal power
Correct answer:
natural gas
Explanation:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Possible Answers:
natural gas
nuclear energy
geothermal energy
oil
Correct answer:
geothermal energy
Explanation:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
The image shows the process of "fracking" which is an extraction technique used to get access to what kind of resource?
Possible Answers:
a nonrenewable resource
both of these
natural gas
neither of these
Correct answer:
both of these
Explanation:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Which of the following provides a definition and examples of nonrenewable resources?
Possible Answers:
Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Nonrenewable resources include coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas.
Nonrenewable energy resources, like biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished.
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished.
Nonrenewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Nonrenewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy.
Correct answer:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished.
Explanation:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Why do nonrenewable resources take a long time to be replenished?
Possible Answers:
There is a limited supply that will never be replenished
They are made from prehistoric organic material pressurized over hundreds of millions of years
They are made from carbon, an incredibly rare element on Earth
Once a type of energy is used it can never be converted back to another type
Correct answer:
They are made from prehistoric organic material pressurized over hundreds of millions of years
Explanation:
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Watching a television in your living room uses electricity. Electricity can be produced using both renewable and nonrenewable resources. Which of the following lists two renewable resources used to make electricity?
Possible Answers:
burning of natural gas and coal
hydroelectric power and wind
wind and burning of coal
hydroelectric power and burning of coal
Correct answer:
hydroelectric power and wind
Explanation:
The answer is "hydroelectric power and wind."
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Geothermal power production is only possible in places where there is __________.
Possible Answers:
wind
magma
coal
waterfalls
Explanation:
The answer is "magma."
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Which of the following resources is made from the remains of ancient dead organisms?
Possible Answers:
gasoline
hydroelectric power
solar power
geothermal power
Explanation:
The answer is "gasoline."
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Which of the following products is made from nonrenewable resources?
Possible Answers:
a tree house
a wooden bench
a metal wrench
a plastic water bottle
Correct answer:
a plastic water bottle
Explanation:
The answer is "a plastic water bottle."
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.
Which of the following is an example of how humans use a renewable resource for recreation?
Possible Answers:
riding a motorcycle for fun
burning coal to run a factory
boating and water skiing on a lake
playing baseball with a plastic bat
Correct answer:
boating and water skiing on a lake
Explanation:
The answer is "boating and water skiing on a lake."
Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. Renewable resources include biomass energy (such as ethanol), hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals.