Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy - Worksheet | Printable and ... - Free Printable

Explanation:
We need to identify each energy resource shown in the diagram and label whether it’s renewable or nonrenewable.

Let’s go left to right, top to bottom:

Renewable side (green branch):

1. Small plant growing → This represents biomass (e.g., wood, crops, organic waste). It’s renewable because plants can be regrown.
2. Wind turbines → This is wind energy. Wind is naturally replenished, so it’s renewable.
3. Sun with solar panel → This is solar energy. Sunlight is constantly available (for billions of years), so renewable.
4. Wave/tidal device (looks like a floating platform with water motion) → This is tidal/wave energy, a form of hydropower. Renewable because tides are driven by the moon and sun.
5. Large industrial-looking facility with pipes and maybe cooling towers (but not nuclear symbol) — actually, looking closely, this is likely a geothermal plant (steam rising from ground, common icon). Geothermal uses Earth’s internal heat and is considered renewable.

Wait — let’s double-check the 5th renewable image: It shows a building with steam/heat rising and pipes — yes, that’s typically used for geothermal energy. Some worksheets also use this for *hydropower* (dam), but since tidal/wave is already listed separately, and this looks more like underground heat, geothermal fits best.

Alternatively, if the image is a dam/reservoir, it would be hydropower. But given standard school worksheet icons:
- Plant = biomass
- Wind turbines = wind
- Sun + panel = solar
- Wavy water + machine = tidal/wave
- Steam + factory-like = geothermal

But sometimes the 4th and 5th are swapped:
Another common set:
- Biomass (plant)
- Wind
- Solar
- Hydropower (dam with water flowing)
- Geothermal (steam from ground)

Given the 4th image is a flat rectangular structure with water and what looks like a turbine house — that’s likely a hydroelectric dam, i.e., hydropower.
Then the 5th (with steam/pipes and no water) is geothermal.

So renewable list:
1. Biomass
2. Wind
3. Solar
4. Hydropower
5. Geothermal

Nonrenewable side (orange branch):

1. Two barrels (red and gray) → These represent petroleum/oil (crude oil). Nonrenewable.
2. Flame icon → This is natural gas (burns with blue flame). Nonrenewable.
3. Coal in a cart → Coal. Nonrenewable.
4. Nuclear plant (tower with radiation symbol) → Nuclear energy (from uranium). Though uranium is finite and not replenished on human timescales, it's often classified as nonrenewable in school curricula (even though some argue breeder reactors make it quasi-renewable — but at K–12 level, it's nonrenewable).

So nonrenewable list:
1. Petroleum (or Oil)
2. Natural Gas
3. Coal
4. Nuclear (Uranium)

Now assign each blank in order:

Left column (renewable, 5 blanks, top to bottom):
1. Biomass
2. Wind
3. Solar
4. Hydropower
5. Geothermal

Right column (nonrenewable, 4 blanks, top to bottom):
1. Petroleum (or Oil)
2. Natural Gas
3. Coal
4. Nuclear

Some worksheets accept “Fossil Fuels” as a group, but here each icon is specific, so we name individually.

Final check: All match standard educational icons.

Final Answer:
Biomass, Wind, Solar, Hydropower, Geothermal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear