Renewable and Non renewable Resources Examples

natural gas (NON RENEWABLE)

A gas with high methane content, found along with various fossil fuels and is used as a fuel.

fossil fuel

An energy-rich substance from a source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago

renewable resources

Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time, usually no longer than the length of a human life.

geothermal (INEXHAUSTIBLE)

Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth

solar energy (INEXHAUSTIBLE)

Energy from the sun

biomass (RENEWABLE)

Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.

nonrenewable resource

Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans; a finite resource that cannot be replaced on a time scale useful to humans

wind energy (INEXHAUSTIBLE)

The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine

wood energy (RENEWABLE)

Wood and wood products used as fuel

coal (NON RENEWABLE)

a solid fossil fuel formed from decayed plants that is burned to obtain energy from the sun that was converted to stored energy in chemical bonds

petroleum (NON RENEWABLE)

made of the remains of small animls, algae, and other organisms that lived in marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago subjected to high presure and temperature.

hydro-electric "motion of water" (RENEWABLE)

related to electricity made from the energy of falling water

nuclear power (NON RENEWABLE) --- WE CANNOT CREATE MATTER (ELEMENTS)

the use of controlled nuclear reactions to produce steam, which in turn drives turbines to produce electricity