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 8 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: Uranium for a nuclear power station, Waves rising and falling at sea, A river flowing through a dam, Coal dug from a mine
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: Diesel made from oil, Natural gas piped from underground, Sunlight falling on solar panels, Fuel made from crops grown each year
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: Gasoline made from oil, Wind turning the blades of a turbine, Oil pumped from under the sea bed, Wood from a forest that is replanted
Renewable: nature replaces it quicklyNonrenewable: once used, it is gone
LessonPrint · 4-ESS3-1 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Renewable or Not?
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A river flowing through a dam — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 2. Coal dug from a mine — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Uranium for a nuclear power station — 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. Fuel made from crops grown each year — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 3. Natural gas piped from underground — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 4. Sunlight falling on solar panels — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly
3.1. Gasoline made from oil — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 2. Oil pumped from under the sea bed — Nonrenewable: once used, it is gone 3. Wind turning the blades of a turbine — Renewable: nature replaces it quickly 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.