Energy Resources + Renewable Energy Resources

Nonrenewable resources are resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time.

Renewable resources are resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes.

Which is/are not renewable resources below?

Which is/are not nonrenewable resources below?

Coal, petroleum (oil), and natural gas are fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels formed from prehistoric rocks.

Much of the coal used today began forming between 10 - 20 years ago from the remains of plants.

Reservoirs of oil and natural gas often are under layers of impermeable rock.

Fossil fuels are relatively expensive but easy to transport.

Disadvantages to using fossil fuels is that eventually, fossil fuels will be gone.

Obtaining fossil fuels will not disturbs environments.

Pollution will not occurs when fossil fuels are used.

Energy released from nuclear reactions is called power ranger.

Nuclear power plants produce electricity using nuclear fission.

In a nuclear power plant, thermal energy released from splitting uranium atoms is transformed into electrical energy.

A large amount of uranium is needed to releases a large amount of energy during nuclear fission.

Solar energy is energy from the wind.

A group of wind turbines that produce electricity is called a turbine farm.

Electricity produced by flowing water is called hydroelectric power.

Thermal energy from Earth’s interior is called hydroelectric energy.