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Which scenario describes a nonrenewable resource being used for energy?

A pitcher of tea is heated by the sun.

A steak is cooked over a charcoal fire.

A pot of water is boiled on a gas stove.

A load of laundry is dried on a clothesline.

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A student environmental group is creating a campaign for locally sourced energy resources.What would be best for them to feature in their campaign?

a coal mine located in their county

a farmer who installed solar panels on the roof of their barn

a company building a gas pipeline through the town

a rancher drilling for oil in a horse pasture

The image shows two natural resources: sunlight and trees. Trees provide timber. Timber is wood that is used for building and carpentry.

Timber and sunlight are nonrenewable resources.

Timber and sunlight are renewable resources.

Timber is a renewable resource, and sunlight is a nonrenewable resource.

Timber is a nonrenewable resource, and sunlight is a renewable resource.

Which statement describes renewable resources?

Fossil fuels are a type of renewable resource.

Renewable resources are artificial.

Renewable resources replenish quickly.

Large quantities of renewable resources can be produced at once.

Which statement describes an advantage of renewable resources?

They produce a large amount of energy all at once.

They are a source of clean energy.

They are located everywhere around the world.

They can easily be reproduced quickly.

Which scenario describes a renewable resource being used for energy?

A factory fuels its furnaces with coal.

A turbine creates electricity using a gasoline-powered motor.

A school heats its classrooms with a natural gas furnace.

A power company generates electricity using a river’s current.

How do renewable and nonrenewable resources differ?

Renewable resources are artificial.

Nonrenewable resources are artificial.

Renewable resources replenish within our lifetime.

Nonrenewable resources replenish within our lifetime.

Which statement describes a disadvantage of nonrenewable resources?

It is hard to collect large quantities of them at a time.

They are inconsistent or unreliable as an energy source.

They are expensive to collect and transform into energy.

It is difficult to change the habit of using the resource.

Which energy source would provide affordable, abundant, easy to produce electricity for a factory?

solar panels

wind turbines

gas generators

a hydroelectric plant

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