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 20 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: Wind turning the blades of a turbine, Oil pumped from under the sea bed, Coal dug from a mine, Waves rising and falling at sea
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: A river flowing through a dam, Natural gas piped from underground, Wood from a forest that is replanted, 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: Diesel made from oil, Fuel made from crops grown each year, Uranium for a nuclear power station, Sunlight falling on solar panels
Renewable: nature replaces it quicklyNonrenewable: once used, it is gone
LessonPrint · 4-ESS3-1 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Renewable or Not?
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coal dug from a mine — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 2. Oil pumped from under the sea bed — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Waves rising and falling at sea — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 4. Wind turning the blades of a turbine — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
2.1. A river flowing through a dam — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 2. Gasoline made from oil — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Natural gas piped from underground — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 4. Wood from a forest that is replanted — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
3.1. Diesel made from oil — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 2. Fuel made from crops grown each year — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 3. Sunlight falling on solar panels — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 4. Uranium for a nuclear power station — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.