Energy
Renewable Energy
Non-renewable Energy
Energy Uses
BONUS
100

Harnesses heat from within the Earth

What is geothermal?

100

We use this to collect wind energy and convert it into electricity.

What is Windturbine?

100

This energy comes from the splitting of atoms.

What is Fission Nuclear Energy?

100

Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Water Vapor (H2O), Nitrous Oxide (N2O) aka NOx, Ozone (O3)

What are Greenhouse Gases?

100

When fossil fuels are burned, they release this

What is greenhouse gasses?

200

The two types of natural resources

What are Renewable and Nonrenewable?

200

Use the sun to generate energy

What is solar energy

200
These substances were formed millions of years ago from the remains of dead plants and animals.
What are Fossil Fuels?
200

This fossil fuel is removed from the ground from mines.

What is Coal?

200

Nonrenewable resources will eventually do this

What is run out?

300

An organic material made of plants and organic waste?

What is Biomass?

300
This uses the energy of moving water to produce electricity.
What is Hydropower?
300

This nonrenewable fossil fuel is a flammable gas that is often found above oil or coal deposits.

What is natural gas?

300

This fossil fuel was formed millions of years ago from animals that lived in the water.

What is Oil (Petroleum/Crude Oil)?

300

The careful use of natural resources

What is conservation and management?

400

Wind power uses this to generate energy

What is a turbine?

400
This energy comes from the heat generated in the Earth's core.
What is Geothermal Energy?
400

Formed from the remains of organisms over millions of years

What is Fossil Fuels?

400

Approximately 2/3 of U.S. oil consumption is used by

What is transportation?

400

Solar, wind, hydroelecricty

What are renewable resources?

500

Better for the environment, cheaper to use, can be replaced

What are advantages of renewable resources?

500

The use of hydropower involves building dams. This can change the water flow and affect this

What is ecosystem?

500

The three types of fossil fuels

What are coal, oil and natural gas

500

Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal, and Geothermal energy is considered environmentally friendly because it does not release these.

What are greenhouse gases?

500

The materials from nature such as air and water to make the things we need

What are natural resources?