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Alternative Energy

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  • Why can water in a river be used to produce electricity?
    The water is moving.
  • The remains of organisms that lived a very long time ago - coal, oil, natural gas
    Fossil fuels
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: natural gas
    nonrenewable
  • What type of energy is this?
    Hydroelectric
  • What type of energy is this?
    Biomass
  • What can individuals and communities do to help protect Earth’s resources and the environment ?
    Examples: Recycle. Use less electricity/ turn off lights you are not using. Do not waste water. Use hybrid cars. Put solar panels on houses. Build windmills.
  • Energy that extracts heat from the Earth to produce electricity
    Geothermal
  • This energy source uses cells and gets power through an object that gives off light and heat
    Solar
  • What are some disadvantages to alternative energy resources?
    Expensive to build or set up (ex: solar panels, building dams and windmills); Difficult to store the energy; Dams and windmills affect animals and ecosystems.
  • What type of energy is this?
    Tidal
  • What type of renewable energy is the most efficient and best for the future?
    Solar
  • What type of energy is this?
    Nuclear
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: the sun
    renewable
  • What type of energy is a gas used to produce electricity?
    Hydrogen energy
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: coal
    nonrenewable
  • What type of energy is this?
    Geothermal
  • This energy uses currents and waves in the water to produce energy
    Waves
  • What type of energy is this?
    Wind
  • Water pumped down into the Earth, heats up, and comes back as steam
    Geothermal energy
  • What type of energy is this?
    Solar
  • This alternative energy source uses a dam to produce electricity
    Hydroelectric
  • Throwing away trash (starting with an "r") can be used for energy, what is it?
    Recycling energy (optional: using biofuel)
  • Energy that uses gravity forces in water to harness energy
    Tidal
  • This source of energy uses large turbines and isn't very powerful
    Wind
  • What are some advantages to alternative energy resources?
    1. They are renewable. 2. They create less air pollution. 3. Resources can be obtained locally.
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: oil
    nonrenewable
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: water
    renewable
  • Cannot be renewed or takes a long time to renew
    Nonrenewable resources
  • Extracting chemical energy that is stored in plants from photosynthesis is what type of energy?
    Biomass
  • A nontraditional source of energy that is not from fossil fuels
    Alternative energy source
  • The electrical power produced by falling water that turns a turbine generator
    hydroelectric power
  • What type of energy is this?
    Waves
  • Tell whether this energy source is renewable or nonrenewable: wind
    renewable
  • A resource that is obtained from the Earth in the environment
    natural resource
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