Name: ________________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ___________

Comparative Research
The US vs The World
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/
Use this document to compare and contrast the current status of sustainability in the United States with other countries of the world.

Choose three countries to compare with the United States and then complete the table below.

Countries United States 1. 2. 3.

What is this country’s #1 energy

source?

List any additional major energy

sources that are used within this
country.

What percentage of resources

being used are renewable?

What percentage of resources

being used are nonrenewable?

What environmental impact is

there for this country to use those
energy sources?

What financial impact is there

for this country to use those
energy sources?

Is this country working on a plan

to become more sustainable?

What alternatives do you believe

could be used to help promote a
sustainable future?
Name: ________________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ___________
Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources Project
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/
Each unanswered or incorrect box in this project will result in 2 pts. being deducted from the overall grade of 100.
Topic Question Answer
Renewable vs What does renewable mean?
Nonrenewable

What does nonrenewable mean?

List the resources that are renewable.

List the resources that are

nonrenewable.

Energy What does it mean to have an energy

Transformation, transformation? Give an example.
Distribution,
and
Where does most of the energy used in
Conservation
this United States come from?

Why is geothermal energy rarely used?

Why are people concerned with the

use of fossil fuels as an energy source?

What is energy conservation?