Name ______________________________________ Date _________________ Hour ______

Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Sources

Fill in the Blank: Into each sentence below, copy a term from the word bank that correctly completes the
sentence. Each word will only be used once.
Natural Gas

Hydropower

Wind

Gravitational

Methane

Nuclear

Coal

Petroleum

Fusion

Oil

Geothermal
Uranium

Biomass
Sun

Motion

Chemical
Radiant

Nonrenewable
Renewable

Conservation of
Energy

1. _________________________ is a black rock that can be burned to make electricity.

2. _______________________________________________ is energy that comes from the heat inside the Earth.

3. Energy from the force of moving water is called ___________________________________________________ .

4. ___________________________________ is energy from organic matter like wood, crops, and animal waste;
people have used this energy source longer than any other.

5. _____________________ is energy from moving air and is caused by the uneven heating of the Earths surface.

6. Splitting atoms releases __________________________________________ energy; fission and fusion are examples of
this type of energy release.

7. _________________________________________ is a fossil fuel used for operating cars, trucks, and jets.

8. ___________________________________ is a fossil fuel in the form of a gas, formed from the remains of sea plants
and animals.

9. The scientific rule that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed is called the Law of
___________________________________________________________________________ .

10. The most common fuel used at nuclear power plants is _____________________________________________________
because its atoms are easy to split apart.

11. The energy in fossil fuels can be traced back to the ___________________________.

12. Wind is an example of the energy of __________________________________________ .

13. Water behind a dam has ____________________________________________________________ energy.
There is a back!


14. Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and uranium are considered ____________________________________________________
resources.

15. The main ingredient in natural gas is ________________________________________________ .

16. Another name for petroleum is _____________________ .

17. The sun produces energy as a result of nuclear _____________________________________ .

18. The energy in petroleum and coal are stored as ______________________________________________________ energy,
which is a form of potential energy.

19. Rays of sunlight are an example of _________________________________ energy.

20. Wind, biomass, hydropower, solar and geothermal energy are all forms of _________________________________
energy.

In the space below, make a pie chart that shows how much renewable and nonrenewable energy the United
States used in 2010. To do this, you will need to add up all the renewable percentages and all the
nonrenewable percentages on the back page of the packet. Then, make a pie chart with two pieces of pie:
One to represent renewable energy sources and one to represent nonrenewable energy sources. Color
your graph, give it a title, and provide a key.


Title: _______________________________________________________________________________________