Renewable or Not? is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on sorting energy resources by whether nature replaces them as they are used, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 4-ESS3-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Renewable or Not?
4-ESS3-1
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Sort each energy source into the right group.
1.Sort each one: Renewable: nature replaces it quickly or Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone?
Sort: Waves rising and falling at sea, Natural gas piped from underground, Fuel made from crops grown each year, Oil pumped from under the sea bed
Renewable: nature replaces it quicklyNonrenewable: once used, it is gone
2.Sort each one: Renewable: nature replaces it quickly or Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone?
Sort: Sunlight falling on solar panels, Wind turning the blades of a turbine, Diesel made from oil, Gasoline made from oil
Renewable: nature replaces it quicklyNonrenewable: once used, it is gone
3.Sort each one: Renewable: nature replaces it quickly or Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone?
Sort: Coal dug from a mine, Uranium for a nuclear power station, Wood from a forest that is replanted, Heat from deep underground
Renewable: nature replaces it quicklyNonrenewable: once used, it is gone
LessonPrint · 4-ESS3-1 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Renewable or Not?
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Fuel made from crops grown each year — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 2. Natural gas piped from underground — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Oil pumped from under the sea bed — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 4. Waves rising and falling at sea — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
2.1. Diesel made from oil — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 2. Gasoline made from oil — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Sunlight falling on solar panels — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 4. Wind turning the blades of a turbine — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
3.1. Coal dug from a mine — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 2. Heat from deep underground — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 3. Uranium for a nuclear power station — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 4. Wood from a forest that is replanted — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.