Natural resources
These resources come from living or once-living things like plants and animals.
What are biotic resources?
This type of energy is replaced faster than we use it.
What is renewable energy?
What is the large-scale clearing of forests and trees, often to make space for farming, logging, or development?
What is deforestation?
Heated water creates this to drive turbines and produce electricity.
What is steam?
These resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas, are mainly used to generate electricity.
What are fossil fuels?
These are things provided by the Earth that people use.
What are natural resources?
This renewable energy source accounts for about 5.4% of the world's electricity supply.
What is solar power?
This activity is a major cause of deforestation.
What is agriculture?
One advantage of geothermal energy is that this does not occur when it is used.
What is pollution?
This is the main problem with fossil fuels
What is they are finite (non-renewable)?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of these resources.
What are fossil fuels?
This renewable energy source uses flowing water to generate electricity.
What is hydropower?
This is one effect of deforestation related to carbon dioxide.
What is increased greenhouse gas emissions?
Volcanic eruptions and these natural events can threaten geothermal sites.
What are earthquakes?
This harmful gas is released when fossil fuels are burned and contributes to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
We will run out of this fossil fuel in about 50 years at current rates.
What is oil?
This renewable energy source contributed around 7.8% to the world’s electricity.
What is wind power?
This is a method of deforestation involving fire.
What is slash and burn?
This is the fastest-growing source of new electricity generation.
What is solar energy?
This type of power station uses uranium and nuclear reactions instead of burning fossil fuels.
What is a nuclear power station?
These resources can be used again and again without running out.
What are renewable resources?
This country gets 100% of its energy from renewable sources.
What is Iceland?
This is a way to limit deforestation.
What is sustainable forestry?
These five countries release the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What are China, the USA, India, Russia, and Japan?
hese are the tiny particles split in nuclear reactors to release energy.
What are uranium atoms?