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Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Which greenhouse gas is re… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. 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 …
3. 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 …
4. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is wind power captured by … · 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. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
What do we call collecting… · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. 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 …
8. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
When timber is harvested o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. Why is pole-and-line tuna fishing (practised in the Maldives) considered more sustainable than large drift nets: it catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch, or it scrapes the seabed?
Why is pole-and-line tuna … · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. Is geothermal energy drawn from heat inside Earth’s crust a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is geothermal energy drawn… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
“3 Rs” · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. Is crude oil (petroleum) extracted from underground reservoirs a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is crude oil (petroleum) e… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 48 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Carbon dioxide
Combustion of carbon-based fuels oxidises carbon into carbon dioxide (CO₂).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting captures clean precipitation before it runs off.
7. 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.
8. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
Sustainable
Sustainable forestry maintains forest cover and biodiversity for future generations.
9. Why is pole-and-line tuna fishing (practised in the Maldives) considered more sustainable than large drift nets: it catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch, or it scrapes the seabed?
It catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch
Pole-and-line fishing avoids accidental capture of turtles, sharks and dolphins.
10. Is geothermal energy drawn from heat inside Earth’s crust a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Earth’s internal heat is continuously produced and replenished.
11. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
Reduce
Reducing consumption avoids using raw materials and energy from the outset.
12. Is crude oil (petroleum) extracted from underground reservoirs a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Crude oil is a finite fossil fuel resource.
12 questions · Seed 48 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Which greenhouse gas is re… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. 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 …
3. 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 …
4. Is wind power captured by wind turbines a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is wind power captured by … · 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. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
What do we call collecting… · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. 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 …
8. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
When timber is harvested o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. Why is pole-and-line tuna fishing (practised in the Maldives) considered more sustainable than large drift nets: it catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch, or it scrapes the seabed?
Why is pole-and-line tuna … · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. Is geothermal energy drawn from heat inside Earth’s crust a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Is geothermal energy drawn… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
“3 Rs” · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. Is crude oil (petroleum) extracted from underground reservoirs a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is crude oil (petroleum) e… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 48 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Carbon dioxide
Combustion of carbon-based fuels oxidises carbon into carbon dioxide (CO₂).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting captures clean precipitation before it runs off.
7. 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.
8. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
Sustainable
Sustainable forestry maintains forest cover and biodiversity for future generations.
9. Why is pole-and-line tuna fishing (practised in the Maldives) considered more sustainable than large drift nets: it catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch, or it scrapes the seabed?
It catches fish one by one with minimal bycatch
Pole-and-line fishing avoids accidental capture of turtles, sharks and dolphins.
10. Is geothermal energy drawn from heat inside Earth’s crust a renewable or non-renewable energy resource?
Renewable
Earth’s internal heat is continuously produced and replenished.
11. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
Reduce
Reducing consumption avoids using raw materials and energy from the outset.
12. Is crude oil (petroleum) extracted from underground reservoirs a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Crude oil is a finite fossil fuel resource.
12 questions · Seed 48 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification