Energy Resources

resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

energy produced from uranium atoms

• biomass

• nuclear

• solar

• hydroelectric

energy from the sun

• biomass

• nuclear

• solar

• hydroelectric

a group of wind turbines that produce electricity

• wind farm

• wind factory

• windmill village

energy produced by burning organic matter such as wood and food scraps

• biomass

• coal

• hydroelectric

• nuclear

resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

energy that comes from inside the earth

• wind

• solar

• biomass

• geothermal

energy produced by moving water

• hydroelectric

• biomass

• nuclear

the energy used by appliances and electronics that are plugged in but not being used

• vampire energy

• ghost energy

• nonrenewable energy

Which of the following are renewable?

• wind

• solar

• nuclear

• coal

• biomass