Energy Resources Vocabulary EL

Substances that can be used as sources of energy-can be renewable or nonrenewable.

• Geothermal

• Energy Resources

• Natural Gas

• Hydroelectric

Resources that produce very little waste products and can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time.

• Energy Conservation

• Energy Resources

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable resource

Resources that exist in limited supply and are used up faster than they can be replaced.

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Energy Conservation

• Biomass

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Power generated by harnessing the energy from the movement of the wind.

• Hydroelectric

• Solar

• Coal

• Wind

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Power produced by harnessing the energy from the Sun's rays.

• Solar

• Biomass

• Hydroelectric

• Wind

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Energy produced from the movement of flowing water.

• Oil

• Hydroelectric

• Nuclear

• Geothermal

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Energy produced from recently living organisms or their waste

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

• Oil

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Energy that comes from extreme heat within the Earth.

• Hydroelectric

• Natural Gas

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

A solid energy resource (fossil fuel) produced from plant remains

• Natural Gas

• Oil

• Nuclear

• Coal

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An energy resources (fossil fuel) formed from the remains of small marine plants and animals buried under heat and pressure.

• Coal

• Nuclear

• Biomass

• Oil

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