Resources
Coal, oil, or natural gas
Fossil fuels
Comes from the sun
Light
Chemical --> Heat & light
Wood burning
Stored energy
Potential
A train sitting at the station
Potential
What is an example of a non-renewable resource?
Waves through the air produced by strings vibrating
Sound
Electrical --> Sound
Boombox/Stereo
Energy of motion
Kinetic
A musician playing an instrument
Sound; kinetic
Natural materials and energy sources that replenish themselves naturally over short periods
Renewable resources
Energy created by the flow of electric charge
Electrical
Chemical potential --> Kinetic heat
Person eating or drinking
The emission of electromagnetic rays
Radiation
Someone riding a bike
Mechanical; kinetic
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature
Natural resources
Movement of atoms
Heat
Chemical --> Heat, light, & sound
Dynamite
Movement of hot air or fluid
Convection
Petting a cat
Kinetic; mechanical
Resources that originate from living or once-living organisms, including products like timber from forests and meat from animals
Biotic resources
Energy of motion
Mechanical
Gravitational potential --> Kinetic sound
Waterfall
Transfer of energy between adjacent molecules
Conduction
Another name for light energy from the sun
Solar or radiant