Energy Vocabulary #2

capturing the kinetic energy of wind with a turbine and converting into electric energy

• wind energy

• hydroelectric energy

• natural gas

• nuclear power

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

natural fuel such as coal or natural gas, formed long ago from the remains of living organisms

• fossil fuel

• natural gas

• solar energy

• non-renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

flammable gas, consisting largely of methane and other hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground and used as fuel

• natural gas

• conservation

• geothermal energy

• fossil fuel

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

an energy source that will eventually run out, such as coal and oil

• non-renewable resource

• renewable/inexhaustible resource

• fossil fuel

• wind energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

energy from the sun converted into electricity for our everyday use

• solar energy

• wind energy

• biomass

• nuclear power

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

an energy source that is replenished continually

• renewable/inexhaustible resource

• non-renewable resource

• conservation

• geothermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

energy from splitting atoms at a nuclear power plant

• nuclear energy

• biomass

• geothermal energy

• hydroelectric energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

using Earth's interior heat directly or converting it into electrical energy

• geothermal energy

• biomass

• fossil fuel

• nuclear power

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

material from living things used to create energy by burning or converting to other energy

• biomass

• geothermal energy

• nuclear power

• fossil fuel

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

preservation of natural resources through proper management

• conservation

• geothermal energy

• biomass

• wind energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4