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Energy has a various examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and the common used example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources is electricity.

Most of our electricity comes from power stations that use fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas to generate the electricity. They are called nonrenewable resources because you can't make any more and they will eventually run out. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels produces greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane which may cause global warming.
Renewable resources like the sun, wind, waves and the heat of the earth are also examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which are used to make electricity. Renewable resources can be used again and again and should not run out. Renewable resources are either carbon neutral or do not produce greenhouse gases so are much less harmful to the environment

 Biomass is another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which uses the energy from plants and waste materials to make electricity. For example, wood or animal droppings can be burnt to make steam that turns turns turbines to make electricity

Nuclear fuel is another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which is made from radioactive Uranium Ore which occurs naturally in the ground, particularly in Australia, Canada and America. It is also known as yellow cake for its distinctive bright yellow color. The yellow Uranium Ore is purified to provide the shiny Uranium metal used in nuclear power plants.

 Waves are another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which are created by the wind blowing across the sea and by the gravitational force of the moon. Wave power uses the energy of the waves to turn turbines that make electricity


Coal is a fossil fuel and is another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which was formed in the Carboniferous period millions of years ago, (before the dinosaurs!), when the earth was covered with oceans, swamps, trees and plants! When the trees and plants died they formed a layer of peat, which over time became buried by more and more layers of clay, sand and rock. Over millions of years, the pressure of these extra layers turned the peat into the coal we put on our fires and fuel our power stations with today

Oil and gas are fossil fuels and are another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which were formed in the Carboniferous period millions of years ago when tiny sea creatures called diatoms died and sank to the bottom of the oceans. As more and more layers of sediment covered the sea creatures, they were crushed by the massive pressures and the carbon in their bodies eventually turned to oil and gas.

We burn this oil and gas in power stations today.

Wind is another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which is made when the Sun heats the Earth and the area above land gets hotter than the area above water. The hot air above land rises upwards leaving an area of low pressure. Cooler air moves into this area of low pressure making wind which we use to turn wind turbines and make electricity. Wind used to be used to turn windmills to grind wheat into flour.

Tidal energy is another example of examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources which comes from the movement of water in the sea by the tides. These tides happen twice a day. The flow of water that is created by the tides is used to turn generators that make electricity.
 

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