Energy Sources

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Energy Sources
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What are 2 types of energy resources?

• Renewable
• Non-Renewable

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What are renewable resources?

• A resource that is replaced by natural means such
  as trees or wind
• What are some things that are renewable?
• Trees
• Water
• Wind

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What are Non-Renewable Resources?

• A resource that we will eventually run out of
• What are some examples of non-renewable
  resources?
• Oil
• Coal

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Prefixes

• Hydro-
• Water
• Geo-
• Earth
• Therm-
• Heat
• Sol-
• Sun
• Bio-
• Life

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Wind Energy

• Moving air or wind that causes energy
• Renewable or non-renewable?
• Renewable we will never run out of wind!
• What is wind energy converted into when the
  turbines start to turn?
• Mechanical Energy

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Hydropower

• What is hydropower?
• Electricity generated using the power of falling
  water to turn turbines
• Is this renewable or non-renewable? Why?
• Renewable we will never run out of water

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Geothermal Energy

• Heat energy obtained from inside Earth
• Renewable or non-renewable?
• Renewable
• One of the cheapest sources of energy
• Geothermal vents are found in a few areas around
  the world usually areas w/ high volcanic
  activity

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Solar Energy

• Energy from the sun
• What is something that use solar energy?
• Houses
• Renewable or non-renewable?
• Renewable

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Biomass

• Matter formed by plants and animals that is used
  as fuel
• Renewable or non-renewable?
• Renewable

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Oil

• Liquid fossil fuel found deep below earths
  surface that is burned to obtain energy
• Renewable or Non-renewable?
• Non-renewable

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Coal

• A fossil fuel formed deep within Earth that is
  burned to release its energy
• Produces about 50 of the worlds electricity
• 20 of the energy used in the US is coal
• Renewable or Non-Renewable?
• Non-Renewable

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Natural Gas

• A gas found above petroleum deposits and is
  burned to obtain energy
• Renewable or non-renewable?
• Non-renewable

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Nuclear Energy

• The splitting of Uranium atoms to release energy
• Renewable or Non-renewable?
• Non-renewable