Energy Basics
What is the definition of energy?
What is the ability to do work?
Name three types of renewable energy
What are solar, wind, and hydro power?
What are fossil fuels used for?
What is electricity, transport fuels, plastics and cosmetics?
What type of pollution do fossil fuels produce?
What are carbon dioxide and other pollutants?
What are petroleum, natural gas and coal?
What are the two main categories of energy?
What are renewable and nonrenewable?
Why are solar plants not always located near cities?
Because they need land with high year-round sunlight
What do fossil fuel power plants burn to produce electricity?
What are coal and oil?
What global issue is driven by fossil fuel use?
What is climate change?
What device do fossil fuel plants use to generate electricity?
What is a turbine?
Which type of energy source can be replenished?
What is renewable energy?
What is one major advantage of renewable energy?
What is low greenhouse gas production?
Why are fossil fuel plants considered reliable?
the provide consistent electricity and are cheap to build
Name a human health issue caused by fossil fuels
What are respiratory problems?
What must be transported long distances in fossil fuel use?
What is electricity or the fossil fuels themselves?
What are fossil fuels made from?
What are ancient plants and animals?
What is a challenge with storing renewable energy?
What is the need for batteries?
What is a downside of burning fossil fuels?
What is the production of large amounts of carbon dioxide?
Why is renewable energy better for the environment?
it produces less pollution and greenhouse gases
What must solar plants have to operate effectively?
What is land with high sun levels year-round?
What factors determine the type of fossil fuel formed?
What are organic matter, temperature, time and pressure?
Why is consistent electricity production difficult with renewables?
They depend on natural conditions that vary
Why is it harder to access fossil fuels now?
What is the depletion of easy reserves and need for unconventional methods?
What are the environmental impacts of unconventional fossil fuel extraction?
What are higher costs, safety concerns, and ecological damage?
Why is energy storage important for renewables?
because they don't always produce power when needed