Renewale Resources (Topic 6, Lesson 2)

Renewable Energy Resources

Guided Questions:

1) What are renewable energy resources?

2) How do renewable energy resources reduce human reliance on other natural resources?

Natural Resources

Renewable Resources

Nonrenewable Resources

Biomass

​Nuclear Energy

Solar Energy

Nuclear Fission

Biomass

Vocabulary:

Objectives:

MS-ESS3-1-I can construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

MS-ESS3-3- I can apply scientific principals to design a method for monitioring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

Draw

Draw arrows to indicate how the mirrors in this thermal energy plant direct the sun's rays to a small point on the tower.

Multiple Choice

Renewable energy resources are replaced by nature with _____help from humans.

• alot

• no

• some

Open Ended

How do you think this thermal energy plant helps reduce reliance on fossil fuels?

Write a sentences.

Multiple Choice

True or False: The lack of energy-rich fossil fuels has made it easy for humankind to justify using petroleum, coal and natural gas.

• True

• False

Drag and Drop

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Placeholder

energy resources, such as the solar power tower are considered renewable resources.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Alternative

Abundance

Nonrenewable

Renewable

Open Ended

Why are some energy resources referred to as "renewable"?

Type a sentence

Multiple Choice

Where is an abundance of solar energy located?

• the latitude and longitude

• the equator

• the northern hemisphere

• the southern hemisphere

Multiple Choice

The most common example of passive solar enegy is a?

• south facing windows

• dark floors

• greenhouse

• stone floors in home

Multiple Choice

Solar cells can power things such as?

• cars and trucks

• writwatches and cities.

• greenhouses and turbines

• hydroelectric and hyrdowater plants

Multiple Choice

Though the sunlight is free, the costs of the initial ____can be high.

• investment

• construction

• distribution

• renewable resources

Multiple Choice

What is passive solar energy?

• Energy from the sun.

• Energy from a hyrdoelectric plant.

• Energy from the moon.

• Energy from the hydrowater plant.

Open Ended

Read the question: What is the difference between passive solar power and active solar power?

Restate and answer.

Draw

Trace the path of a negative particle from the top layer to the bottom layer to indicate how electrical energy is generated.

Multiple Choice

What is one draw back of hydroelectric dams?

• They contaminate the water.

• They create alot of noise pollution.

• They disrupt the migration of fish.

• They produce alot of electricity.

Multiple Choice

What does the prefix hydro mean?

• three

• water

• sunlight

• cells

Multiple Choice

Read: Turbines can convert the energy of moving water into electricity. Select the water turbine.

Multiple Choice

______can convert the energy of moving water into electricity.

• Change

• Turbine

• Water

• Electricity

Multiple Choice

_____ pulls water downhill.

• Environment

• Sunlight

• Convert

• Gravity

Open Ended

Restate and answer:

Multiple Choice

What does the word thermal mean?

• Heat

• Sun

• Earth

• Sun

Multiple Choice

Wind is powered by energy from where?

• A turbine

• A generatror

• An engine

• The sun

Dropdown

Wind farms do best in areas that have a ​

Select answer

supply of wind.

Open Ended

Predict what the production of in 2040 should be, based on the pattern. Fill in the empty cell of the table.

Answer in complete sentences.

Multiple Choice

True or false: Geothermal energy orignates from the sun.

• True

• False

Draw

Draw arrows to indicate the flow of water through the geothermal power plant.

Dropdown

Biomass such as wood, grasses, ​

Select answer

​ husks have been burned for thousands of years to produce light and heat.