Fueling the Future Assessment
1. Name four out of the 6 types of renewable resources you have studied.
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2. Name at least three nonrenewable energy sources.
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3. A__________is a fuel such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas that formed in the
Earth from decayed organisms.
a) Fossil Fuel
b) Sedimentary Rock
c) Natural gas
d) Peat
4. A__________is a resource that can be used more than once.
a) Renewable resource
b) Nonrenewable resource
c) New resource
d) Reusable resource
5. We breathe air everyday. It will always be available for us. Air is an example of an
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a) extinct
b) inexhaustible
c) renewable
d) nonrenewable
6. Renewable energy resources have both good (pros) and bad (cons) sides to using
them. Pick one of the seven renewable resources and discuss the pros and cons of the
energy source.
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7. How would your world be different if we ran out of petroleum (oil) products.
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8. We discussed seven different types of renewable resources today. Pick one of these
resources and discuss why you think this resource could be used as an energy source
of the future.
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9. Compare and contrast renewable energy sources to nonrenewable energy sources.
Give three examples of the pros of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and
at least three cons for renewable and nonrenewable energy sources.
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