Effects of Energy Use

Effects of Energy Use

What is pollution? Define pollution in your own words.

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​Group Discussion

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Match the vocabulary words to their definitions

• n. unwanted or harmful materials that human actions add to the environment

• n. changes to weather patterns across Earth

• n. smoke mixed with fog or haze

What is POLLUTION?

What is GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

What is SMOG?

• What is POLLUTION?

• What is GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

• What is SMOG?

There are four stages of getting petroleum or gasoline to our cars.

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How does petroleum get to us?

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What do you think the 4 steps of getting petroleum to cars are?

• Drill for crude oil

• Refine crude oil into different types of fuels

• Fuel is shipped to different communities

• You can fuel up your car at a gas station

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​Oil rigs pump petroleum out of the ground. The rigs can be on land or over the ocean.

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​Petroleum is a mixture of many compounds. At an oil refinery, the mixture is separated to form different fuels.

Step 2

​Gasoline is shipped in trucks to communities everywhere.

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​Drivers fill up on gasoline at a gas station. An engine burns the fuel to release the energy.

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What do you think the 4 steps of getting petroleum to cars are?

• Drill for crude oil

• Refine crude oil into different types of fuels

• Fuel is shipped to different communities

• You can fuel up your car at a gas station

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​There are benefits and drawbacks to all kinds of energy

​Accidents sometimes spill oil onto the ground or into the water. Major oil spills can take years to clean up.

​​Drawback

​Most petroleum reserves are in remote areas. Mining, shipping, and refining oil are all expensive processes.

​​Drawback

​Smog is a mixture of smoke and water in the air. The use of petroleum fuels is a major cause of smog in large cities.

​​Drawback

Gas stations serve every community. Drivers can easily get the gasoline that their cars need.

​​Benefit

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Wind power is a free energy resource that will never run out and does not pollute the land, air, or water. These are all ​

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benefits

drawbacks

Multiple Select

What are all the DRAWBACKS of Hydropower? (Pick 2)

• Runs on water, a free energy source

• Will never run out

• No pollution

• Needs dams that change river ecosystems

• Many sites for dams are already in use

Multiple Select

Which of these are BENEFITS of nuclear power? (pick 3)

• It does not cause global warming

• Very quiet

• Proven reliable and very safe

• Runs on uranium, which has to be mined and transported

• Produces dangerous wastes that must be stored for many years

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Reflection: How are petroleum fuels produced, delivered, and used?

• Oil rigs pump petroleum out of the ground or from below the ocean floor.

• Petroleum is delivered to refineries, where it is separated and processed.

• Fuels are shipped in trucks to communities everywhere.

• Drivers get the fuel they need from the gas station.

• An engine burns its fuel to release energy.

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