Vocabulary
Contaminates the environment.
What is pollution?
This type of power converts sunlight to energy.
What is solar power?
Resources are limited and could eventually run out.
What are non-renewable resources?
A form of energy that comes from the sun.
What is solar power?
This type of power requires water and a dam to create usable energy.
What is hydro power?
These types of resources are constantly replenished by Earth natural processes.
What are renewable resources?
A form of petroleum used as fuel.
What is gasoline?
What is wind?
Fossil fuel.
What is non-renewable?
A form of energy fueled by charged particles.
This is a type of non-renewable resource that we burn to create electricity (NOT fuel).
What is coal?
Sun, solar, wind.
What are renewable resources?
A natural fuel that comes from ancient plants and animals.
What is fossil fuel?
Burning this type of non-renewable resource results in harmful carbon dioxide emissions.
What are fossil fuels?
We rely primarily on this type of resource for energy.
What are non-renewable resources?