Identifying renewable and non-renewable energy sources | Geography

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When something is renewable, that means it will not be used up or ...
- run out. ✓
- run away.
- run dry.
Which of these are renewable resources?
- sun ✓
- gold
- waves ✓
- coal
Match these resources to the type of natural resources they are.
- meat
  
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  food ✓
- coal
  
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  fuel ✓
- sand
  
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  mineral ✓
- iron
  
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  metal ✓
Which of these resources are metals?
- aluminium ✓
- diamonds
- oil
- copper ✓
Resource ______ means how resources are spread out across a geographic area.
- 'distribution' ✓
What type of energy does the sun provide as well as heat energy? Unscramble the letters to help you find the correct answer.
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  L
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  I
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  G
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  H
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  T

All energy on Earth comes ______ or indirectly from the Sun.
- 'directly' ✓
Where does all energy on Earth come from?
- the Sun ✓
- electricity
- coal and oil
Coal has energy from the Sun. Put these sentences in order to explain how.
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  The Sun gives out heat and light energy
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  Millions of years ago, plants used the Sun’s energy to create food
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  When these plants and leaves died, they got buried under rocks and soil
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  Over millions of years, heat and pressure hardened the dead vegetation into coal
Match these resources to the types of renewable or non-renewable (finite) resources they are.
- hydroelectric
  
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  renewable - it produces power from water ✓
- coal
  
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  non-renewable - it is a solid fossil fuel ✓
- tidal
  
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  renewable - it produces power from sea tides ✓
- natural gas
  
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  non-renewable - it is a fossil fuel ✓
Which of these are fossil fuels?
- oil ✓
- electricity
- natural gas ✓
- solar power
Biomass is a natural material that can be used as fuel. What kind of material is it? Unscramble the letters to help you answer the question.
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  O
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  R
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  A
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  N
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  I
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  C

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The sun, directly or indirectly, is the source of all energy on Earth: plants use energy to grow the food we eat.
Non-renewable energy sources are fossil fuels: coal, oil, natural gas, and the elements uranium and plutonium.
Renewable energy sources include solar power, wind, wave and tidal energy, hydro-electric, biomass and geothermal.
Non-renewable sources are unsustainable, polluting and a cause of rapid climate change.

Fossil fuels (coal, gas and natural oil) are infinite.

Fossil fuels are finite - if used at the current rate, they will run out and are not sustainable.

Finite - Finite resources have a limit, or an end and will run out.
Hydro-electric - Hydro-electric power generates electricity by using water.
Geothermal - Geothermal energy comes from heat contained within the Earth's crust.
Unsustainable - An unsustainable resource is one that is being used more or faster than it can be replaced or regrown.