Renewable Resources
This renewable energy comes from moving water in rivers or dams that spin turbines.
What is hydroelectric power?
These are solid fossil fuels that are mined from the ground and burned in power plants to make electricity, but they create a lot of air pollution.
What is coal?
This renewable resource falls from the sky as rain and can be stored in reservoirs for drinking, farming, and making electricity.
What is water
This kind of energy comes from the sun’s light and is captured by special panels placed on roofs or in large fields.
What is solar energy?
This thick, black liquid fossil fuel is pumped from underground and used to make gasoline, diesel, and many plastics.
What is oil?
This fossil fuel is a thick, black liquid.
What is oil
Tall towers with three long blades use this type of energy from moving air to make electricity.
What is wind energy?
This fossil fuel is a gas that burns more cleanly than coal and oil, and is often used for heating homes and cooking.
What is natural gas?
This fossil fuel is a gas used in stoves, furnaces, and power plants.
What is natural gas
This type of energy comes from heat inside the Earth, and can be used to warm buildings or make electricity.
What is geothermal energy?
This type of energy comes from splitting atoms in a reactor to release heat, which is then used to make electricity. It does not produce air pollution, but it does create dangerous radioactive waste.
What is nuclear energy?
In this type of power plant, the energy used to make electricity comes from splitting uranium atoms in a reactor.
What is nuclear energy?
This kind of energy is made from plants, crops, or other once-living things, and can be turned into fuels like ethanol or biodiesel.
What is biomass energy? or What is biofuel?
When fossil fuels are burned, they release this invisible gas that builds up in the atmosphere and is the main cause of human-made global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?