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Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 10-12
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Is solar energy from sunlight a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is solar energy from sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
What device converts sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
3. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is coal formed from ancien… · Renewable & non-renewable …
4. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is natural gas (mainly met… · Renewable & non-renewable …
5. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is tidal energy generated … · Renewable & non-renewable …
6. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is wind power captured by … · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
What term describes meetin… · Renewable & non-renewable …
8. Does switching from incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs use less electrical energy for the same brightness (Yes / No)?
Does switching from incand… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. What rock ore is mined as the primary raw material for extracting aluminium metal: bauxite or chalk?
What rock ore is mined as … · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. Why is fresh groundwater on small coral islands a delicate resource that must not be over-pumped: saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens, or it turns into lava?
Why is fresh groundwater o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
What do we call organic ki… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. Why does planting coastal mangroves and vegetation help protect islands: roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion, or they increase wave height?
Why does planting coastal … · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 104734 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 10-12
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Is solar energy from sunlight a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Sunlight is continuously replenished by the Sun on human timescales.
2. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
Photovoltaic solar panel
Photovoltaic cells convert light photons directly into electrical current.
3. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Coal is a fossil fuel that takes millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly.
4. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Natural gas is a finite fossil fuel.
5. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Ocean tides are reliably driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.
6. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Wind is continuously generated by uneven solar heating of Earth’s atmosphere.
7. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
Sustainability
Sustainability balances environmental, social and economic stewardship over time.
8. Does switching from incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs use less electrical energy for the same brightness (Yes / No)?
Yes
LEDs convert a much higher proportion of electrical energy into light rather than waste heat.
9. What rock ore is mined as the primary raw material for extracting aluminium metal: bauxite or chalk?
Bauxite
Bauxite is the principal aluminium ore.
10. Why is fresh groundwater on small coral islands a delicate resource that must not be over-pumped: saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens, or it turns into lava?
Saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens
Freshwater floats as a thin lens above denser seawater; over-extraction draws salt water in.
11. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
Compost
Composting recycles organic matter into humus for soil.
12. Why does planting coastal mangroves and vegetation help protect islands: roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion, or they increase wave height?
Roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion
Coastal vegetation stabilises shorelines and absorbs wave energy.
12 questions · Seed 104734 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 10-12
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Is solar energy from sunlight a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is solar energy from sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
What device converts sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
3. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is coal formed from ancien… · Renewable & non-renewable …
4. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is natural gas (mainly met… · Renewable & non-renewable …
5. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is tidal energy generated … · Renewable & non-renewable …
6. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is wind power captured by … · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
What term describes meetin… · Renewable & non-renewable …
8. Does switching from incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs use less electrical energy for the same brightness (Yes / No)?
Does switching from incand… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. What rock ore is mined as the primary raw material for extracting aluminium metal: bauxite or chalk?
What rock ore is mined as … · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. Why is fresh groundwater on small coral islands a delicate resource that must not be over-pumped: saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens, or it turns into lava?
Why is fresh groundwater o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
What do we call organic ki… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. Why does planting coastal mangroves and vegetation help protect islands: roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion, or they increase wave height?
Why does planting coastal … · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 104734 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 10-12
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Is solar energy from sunlight a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Sunlight is continuously replenished by the Sun on human timescales.
2. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
Photovoltaic solar panel
Photovoltaic cells convert light photons directly into electrical current.
3. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Coal is a fossil fuel that takes millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly.
4. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Natural gas is a finite fossil fuel.
5. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Ocean tides are reliably driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.
6. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Wind is continuously generated by uneven solar heating of Earth’s atmosphere.
7. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
Sustainability
Sustainability balances environmental, social and economic stewardship over time.
8. Does switching from incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs use less electrical energy for the same brightness (Yes / No)?
Yes
LEDs convert a much higher proportion of electrical energy into light rather than waste heat.
9. What rock ore is mined as the primary raw material for extracting aluminium metal: bauxite or chalk?
Bauxite
Bauxite is the principal aluminium ore.
10. Why is fresh groundwater on small coral islands a delicate resource that must not be over-pumped: saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens, or it turns into lava?
Saltwater intrusion can spoil the freshwater lens
Freshwater floats as a thin lens above denser seawater; over-extraction draws salt water in.
11. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
Compost
Composting recycles organic matter into humus for soil.
12. Why does planting coastal mangroves and vegetation help protect islands: roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion, or they increase wave height?
Roots bind sand and buffer wave erosion
Coastal vegetation stabilises shorelines and absorbs wave energy.
12 questions · Seed 104734 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification