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Animals provide people with food and other products.
Animals are one example of a ____.
renewable resource
nonrenewable resource
A resource that is replenished very slowly or not at all. LIMITED SUPPLY
Renewable Resource
Non-Renewable Resource
A resource that we can use more than once is called a _____ resource.
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Reusable
Recyclable
True or False: It is possible to make more nonrenewable resources in our lifetime.
True
False
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Solar power
Wood from trees
Oil used for gasoline
Coal that powers a factory
Fossil fuels are produced over _____ of years.
Hundreds of millions of years
Thousands of years
hundreds of years
every year
Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
Paper
Coal
Milk
Water
A resource is considered renewable if it -
can be created only over millions of years
is made of Earths’ materials like rocks and minerals
can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time
is useful to humans in making energy and materials
Which of these is classified as a renewable resource?
Natural gas
Minerals
Plants
Crude oil
All of the following resources are classified as renewable EXCEPT –
corn plants
oxygen
water
crude oil
A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime
renewable
nonrenewable
conservation
resource
Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.
the earth
coal
oil
natural gas
Is this statement True or False ?
The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted from one form of energy to another.
True
False
Henrietta dribbles a basketball during practice. At which point does the ball have the greatest potential energy?
when Henrietta's hand pushes down on the ball
when the ball is at the highest point of its bounce
when the ball contacts the floor of the gym
when the ball is halfway between the floor and Henrietta's hand
As an object's distance from the ground increases, so does its potential energy.
True
False
As a ball falls toward the ground, the ball's potential energy decreases as it converts to kinetic energy.
True
False
Why is an LED light more energy efficient than an incandescent light bulb?
It uses more energy.
It requires more watts.
It loses less energy to heat.
It loses more energy to heat.
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