Vocabulary
This word describes materials easily found in nature which follows a cycle of replacement and it seems the Earth will never run out of.
renewable resource
This nonrenewable resource is mined from the ground and used for building and manufacturing.
metals
What renewable resource is obtained by using solar cells to harvest the energy from the sun?
solar power
This word describes materials found in nature that could one day run out because of overuse and the extensive time that it takes to create more.
nonrenewable resources
This source of energy was created from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
fossil fuels
This renewable energy source produces electricity from the kinetic energy of moving water.
hydropower
This word describes something that is found in nature and is valuable or useful to humans.
natural resource
This fossil fuel is also called petroleum and is used to produce electricity as well as gasoline and other types of fuel.
crude oil
This device harnesses the kinetic energy of wind to create electricity using a generator and is another name for a windmill.
wind turbine
This word describes a type of fuel made from living or formerly living materials.
biofuels
This fossil fuel is found between rock layers and was used to power the steam engine in locomotives and steamboats.
coal
Geothermal energy is considered a __________________ energy source because it does not require the burning of fossil fuels.
alternative/renewable
This word describes the energy obtained from Earth's interior and is harvested through hot springs and geisers.
geothermal energy
Uranium, a type of metal found in rocks, is not burned but goes through a nuclear reaction in order to release this kind of energy.
nuclear energy
This word describes a power plant that uses the kinetic energy of moving water to transform and transfer hydroelectricity.
hydroelectric power plant