Energy Alternatives
Resources that form so slowly that for practical purposes, they cannot be renewed.
What are non-renewable resources?
Systems that collect solar energy and convert it to heat or electricity
What are active solar energy systems?
Some countries in _____ are exceptions to emission increase.
What is Europe?
When water is returned to nature as a liquid
What is consumptive?
Chemicals leaked from solid waste can contaminate ________________.
Resources that have an unlimited supply and are not depleted when used by people.
What are renewable resources?
Systems that capture energy without using special devices
What are passive solar energy systems?
Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, particulates
What are examples of the major pollutants?
When water is returned to nature not as a liquid
What is Nonconsumptive?
World's largest solid waste disposal is __________
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The world's second most popular source of electricity after coal.
The type of car created to promote sustainability while offsetting economic challenges using both gasoline and an electric motor
What are hybrid cars?
The most polluted city in the world.
What is Delhi, India?
Uses 3x the global average of water
What is North America?
Use of landfills have ____________ sharply in the United States.
What is declined?
The percentage of wind power that China, North America, and Europe produce.
What is 90%?
Indirect Energy Conversion
South Asia
Pollution from cities/farms
What is Nonpoint source pollution?
________________ export the most waste.
What are New York, New Jersey, and Illinois?
The regions geothermal energy can be harnessed.
What are crustal plate borders?
Challenges of solar energy powering communities
By 2030, ____ countries agreed to stop using ____.
What are developing and CFCs?
Pollution from pipes/factories
What is Point source Pollution?
___________________ import the most waste.
What are Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Virginia?