energy on earth assignment

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In your own words, describe the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy resources.

Renewable energy has several advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of renewable energy include unlimited supply, low environmental impact, and increased opportunities for employment. While these advantages are nice, there are some disadvantages. These include less reliability than nonrenewable energy, difficulty storing and transporting the energy, and higher costs.

Which statements about renewable and nonrenewable resources are true? Check all that apply. Renewable resources are expensive to produce. Nonrenewable resources are abundant but will not last forever. Renewable resources are used faster than they are replenished. Renewable and nonrenewable resources both produce clean energy. Nonrenewable resources are easy to produce. Renewable resources require more maintenance than nonrenewable resources.

a Renewable resources are expensive to produce. b Nonrenewable resources are abundant but will not last forever. c Nonrenewable resources are easy to produce.

One day, you ride your bike to a local bookstore. You purchase a few of your favorite comic books, put them in your backpack, and ride home. Once you get home, you sit in a rocking chair and read your comic books. Which resource in this scenario is nonrenewable? the steel frame used to make the bike the paper used to make the comic books the cotton used to make the backpack the wood used to make the rocking chair

a the steel frame used to make the bike

Which item is made from nonrenewable resources?

b gemstones

Which resource is renewable?

b pinto beans

Which energy resource has the advantage of producing clean energy that is less harmful to the environment?

b wind energy

Which resource is renewable?

c olive oil


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