Identifying renewable and non-renewable energy sources | Geography

Starter quiz

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

⇔

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.

1

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L

2

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I

3

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G

4

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H

5

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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

2

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Millions of years ago, plants used the Sun’s energy to create food

3

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When these plants and leaves died, they got buried under rocks and soil

4

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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.

1

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O

2

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R

3

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G

4

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A

5

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N

6

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I

7

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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.