Fossil fuels
The most abundant fossil fuel
Energy formed from atomic reactions
what is Nuclear Energy
Energy from the sun
What is solar energy
Nonpolluting and free energy used to power windmills
What is wind energy
Energy obtained by using hot magma or hot, dry rocks inside Earth is what type of energy
What is Geothermal
A sedimentary rock formed from the compacted and transformed remains of ancient plant matter
What is Coal
The organization in charge of protecting the environment who often deals with nuclear energy
what is the environmental protection agency or epa for short
A big disadvantage of solar energy
It isn't able to be collected during night time
In the right condition windmills can be placed in one area known as
What is a wind farm
Energy produced by waterpower
Coal is often used for this
What is generate electricity
Nuclear waste must be stored for long before it is safe to reenter the the environment
What is 10,000 years
What is a solar panel
Grinding corn is one thing wind energy can do another is
Geothermal plants often use this to produce electricity
what is Steam
A liquid hydrocarbon that is often referred to as petroleum
What is oil
The splitting of heavy element to produce energy is
what is Nuclear Fission
Examples of how the nature uses solar energy
what is Global winds and ocean currents
Generating Large amounts of energy from windmills is often only obtainable by
What is a wind farm
A downside of building dams for hydroelectricity is that it can cause this to happen
What is lakes filling with sediment and downstream erosion increasing
The three most common fossil fuels
What are Coal, Oil, and natural gas
Nuclear fission is carried out in nuclear power plants using a type of what as fuel
This thing stores the solar energy in a solar panel
What is solar cells
Advantages of wind energy
What is Nonpolluting and free
2 examples of natural occurring land features that produce geothermal energy
What is Volcanoes and geysers