What is the difference between renewable and non renewable energy

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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.

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