Energy
Harnesses heat from within the Earth
What is geothermal?
We use this to collect wind energy and convert it into electricity.
What is Windturbine?
This energy comes from the splitting of atoms.
What is Fission Nuclear Energy?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Water Vapor (H2O), Nitrous Oxide (N2O) aka NOx, Ozone (O3)
What are Greenhouse Gases?
When fossil fuels are burned, they release this
What is greenhouse gasses?
The two types of natural resources
What are Renewable and Nonrenewable?
Use the sun to generate energy
What is solar energy
This fossil fuel is removed from the ground from mines.
What is Coal?
Nonrenewable resources will eventually do this
What is run out?
An organic material made of plants and organic waste?
What is Biomass?
This nonrenewable fossil fuel is a flammable gas that is often found above oil or coal deposits.
What is natural gas?
This fossil fuel was formed millions of years ago from animals that lived in the water.
What is Oil (Petroleum/Crude Oil)?
The careful use of natural resources
What is conservation and management?
Wind power uses this to generate energy
What is a turbine?
Formed from the remains of organisms over millions of years
What is Fossil Fuels?
Approximately 2/3 of U.S. oil consumption is used by
What is transportation?
Solar, wind, hydroelecricty
What are renewable resources?
Better for the environment, cheaper to use, can be replaced
What are advantages of renewable resources?
The use of hydropower involves building dams. This can change the water flow and affect this
What is ecosystem?
The three types of fossil fuels
What are coal, oil and natural gas
Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal, and Geothermal energy is considered environmentally friendly because it does not release these.
What are greenhouse gases?
The materials from nature such as air and water to make the things we need
What are natural resources?