Energy 101
What are some examples of finite resources?
Fossil fuels: coal, oil, natural gas..
Renewable energy resources cannot be recreated.
False
A solar panel
Renewable
Which energy resource is more sustainable?
Renewable energy resources
Where does the majority of America's electricity come from today?
Thermal power plants
Nonrenewable energy resources cannot be recreated
True
Steam locomotive
nonrenewable
What is the most widely used form of energy?
Electric Energy
Where is the lamp in your house getting its electricity distribution from?
The Breaker box
The 5 major renewable energy resources are: Solar energy, wind energy, water energy, biomass energy, and geothermal energy.
True
Cement manufacturing
nonrenewable
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy resources?
Renewable can be replenished and nonrenewable cannot
What is required for any energy source?
A chemical or mechanical process
Electricity is non-renewable
False, it is and it isn't. The coal, oil or gasoline that powers the electricity-producing turbines is derived from non-renewable, limited energy sources. However, sources such as solar, wind or geothermal power can also create electricity.
The Hoover Dam
Renewable
Name 3 nonrenewable and 3 renewable energy resources.
Nonrenewable: Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium..
Renewable: Sun, Water, Wind, geothermal, biomass..
How many grids are there, and what do they do.
Four and They carry electric energy at high voltage in their area to local utilities/
Nonrenewable energy resources can be replenished by the environment over relatively short period of time
False
An electric car
Renewable! It does not generate electricity from coal.
Give an example, of a machine/ object that used renewable energy, and an example of a machine/ object that used nonrenewable energy.
A windmill, a dam, solar panels.
Cars, creating plastic, trucks, planes, creating roads.