Energy Resources
This type of resource can be replenished naturally on a human timescale.
What is a renewable resource?
Connect the Dots : From your prior knowledge, Fossil fuels form from the buried remains of these ancient organisms.
What are plants and animals?
Nuclear Power Plants generate energy through this process.
What is nuclear fission?
Energy from organic matter like wood or crops is called this.
What is biomass energy?
The variety of life in an area is called this.
What is biodiversity?
These two things use the most energy globally. (Other answers besides intended are acceptable)
What are industry and transportation?
This fossil fuel is primarily known for being loved by a guy named Thomas and hated by a guy named Hank
What is coal?
This element is the primary fuel used in most nuclear reactors.
What is uranium?
Solar panels generate electricity using these materials.
What is photovoltaic cells?
The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
Trick Question : This country consumes the most total energy in the world today.
What is China?
Heat and pressure over millions of years transform organic matter into these fuels.
What are fossil fuels?
Hydroelectric dams generate electricity by spinning these devices.
What is turbines?
Bird killer that uses a field of mirrors to concentrate solar energy onto a water tower
What is CST?
This biome can be characterized by permafrost and low-growing vegetation.
What is tundra?
Blast from the Past : Energy use per person is highest in these types of countries.
What are developed countries?
This extraction method involves injecting fluid to crack rock and release gas.
What is hydraulic fracturing (fracking)?
This is a major environmental impact of large dams on rivers.
What is habitat disruption / blocked fish migration?
Solar thermal systems generate electricity by concentrating this.
What is solar radiation/heat? You can also say sunlight but the AP exams would be mad at you, idk
This is what everybody thinks of whenever you say adaptation
What is Galpagos Finches?
Blast From the Past : This factor largely explains why developed nations have higher per-capita energy use. (Subjectively Correct Answers May Qualify)
What is higher industrialization and standard of living?
Burning fossil fuels releases this main greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
This radioactive waste problem makes nuclear power controversial. It’s also the core of the TMNT reference from hip cancelled Netflix show “Inside Job”.
What is long-term storage of nuclear waste?
Biomass is sometimes considered carbon-neutral because plants absorb this gas while growing.
What is carbon dioxide?
This occurs when excess nutrients cause algal blooms and oxygen depletion in water.
What is eutrophication?