Vocab
The power of the sun is used for this type of energy.
What is solar power?
This renewable resource reduces the amount of organic material put into landfills.
What is biomass?
This type of renewable energy is not produced as much on cloudy days.
What is solar energy?
This type of energy is produced from flowing water and a dam.
What is hydroelectric?
This is a group of wind turbines that produce electricity.
What is a wind farm?
This is what people use for biomass energy to make a bonfire.
What is wood?
This is a major disadvantage of using wind energy.
What is it's limited to areas with strong, steady wind?
Moving turbines power this to produce electricity.
What is a generator?
This energy comes from drilling to reach magma.
What is geothermal?
This is made from corn sugars and mixed with gasoline.
What is ethanol?
This is the advantage of using solar, wind, water, geothermal, and biomass energy.
What is they are all available in the U.S.?
Many communities have this to help conserve natural resources.
What are:
public transportation
recycling
sidewalks
Windows used to light a room is an example of this type of solar power.
What is passive solar energy?
This biomass energy can be made from leftover fryer grease or vegetable oil.
What is biodiesel?
These are the three renewable resources that are nonpolluting.
What are solar, wind, and water?
This is how the U.S. government manages energy resources.
What is:
spending money on programs that encourage the use of renewable energy
passing laws to protect resources
having the EPA
Water flows across turbines between high and low tides to produce this type of energy.
What is tidal power?
This is the most widely used renewable resource in the U.S.
What is biomass?
Habitat destruction from drilling is a disadvantage of using this renewable resource.
What is geothermal?
These are TWO ways (other than recycling) that you can conserve resources.
What are:
reusing things instead of throwing them away, turn off things not in use, unplugging things not in use, start a garden, etc.