Fossil Fuels
What is a common fossil fuel used for heating homes?
What is natural gas?
What does "geo" in geothermal mean?
What is Earth?
What is the main source of solar energy?
What is the Sun?
What is a common example of biomass?
What is wood?
What device converts electrical energy into thermal energy for cooking?
What is an electric stove or toaster?
What are fossil fuels made from?
What are the remains of plants and animals from millions of years ago?
How does geothermal energy produce thermal energy?
What is by harnessing heat from beneath the Earth's surface?
What are the structures called used in wind energy?
What are wind turbines?
How does burning biomass produce thermal energy?
What is by releasing stored chemical energy as heat?
What is the term for energy created by motion that can be converted into thermal energy?
What is mechanical energy?
Name two examples of fossil fuels.
What are coal and oil?
Name one place in Canada where geothermal energy is used.
What is British Columbia or Alberta?
Name one disadvantage of using solar energy.
What is it depends on sunlight, so it doesn't work well at night or in cloudy weather?
Name one example of a biofuel.
What is ethanol or biodiesel?
What is one example of mechanical energy turning into thermal energy?
What is friction, like rubbing hands together?
What is one major disadvantage of using fossil fuels as a source of thermal energy?
What is they release greenhouse gases or contribute to climate change?
What type of renewable energy system can be used to heat a home using Earth's heat?
What is a geothermal heat pump?
What is the term for devices that convert sunlight into electricity?
What are solar panels or photovoltaic cells?
What is one advantage of using biomass for energy?
What is it is renewable or can reduce waste?
How does an electric heater generate thermal energy?
What is by converting electricity into heat through resistance in wires?
How is thermal energy generated in power plants using fossil fuels?
What is by burning fossil fuels to boil water, producing steam that drives turbines?
How do geothermal power plants generate electricity?
What is by using heat from underground reservoirs to create steam that spins turbines?
Why is solar energy considered renewable?
What is because the Sun will continue to produce energy for billions of years?
What gas is released when biomass is burned?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
What is one advantage of using electricity for thermal energy?
What is it can be produced cleanly if sourced from renewables like wind or hydro?