Renewable vs Non-renewable Resources Vocabulary

Fossil Fuel

• It makes things happen! (Or more formally: the ability to do work)

• Changes energy from one form to another.

• The main source of energy today (gasoline, coal and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals and is usually extracted from deep underground.

• A liquid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy. It is often used to make gasoline and plastics.

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Ethanol

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• A liquid renewable fuel made from plants like corn.

• Sources of energy that can be more easily replenished. Things like wind, sunlight, waves, and earth's heat (geothermal energy).

• Sources of energy that can't be easily replenished like coal, oil and natural gas.

Renewable Energy

• Sources of energy that can't be easily replenished like coal, oil and natural gas.

• The main source of energy today (gasoline, coal and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals and is usually extracted from deep underground.

• A gas that can be burned for energy. It is often used to heat our homes and stoves.

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

Natural Gas

• A solid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy.

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• The main source of energy today (gasoline, coal and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals and is usually extracted from deep underground.

• A gas that can be burned for energy. It is often used to heat our homes and stoves.

Non-Renewable Energy

• Sources of energy that can't be easily replenished like coal, oil and natural gas.

• Changes energy from one form to another.

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• A gas that can be burned for energy. It is often used to heat our homes and stoves.

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Oil

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• The main source of energy today (gasoline, coal and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals and is usually extracted from deep underground.

• A liquid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy. It is often used to make gasoline and plastics.

• Sources of energy that can't be easily replenished like coal, oil and natural gas.

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Energy

• The main source of energy today (gasoline, coal and natural gas). It was formed millions of years ago out of plants and animals and is usually extracted from deep underground.

• It makes things happen! (Or more formally: the ability to do work)

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• Changes energy from one form to another.

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Coal

• A solid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy.

• Sources of energy that can be more easily replenished. Things like wind, sunlight, waves, and earth's heat (geothermal energy).

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• A liquid renewable fuel made from plants like corn.

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Generator

• Sources of energy that can be more easily replenished. Things like wind, sunlight, waves, and earth's heat (geothermal energy).

• A liquid renewable fuel made from plants like corn.

• It makes things happen! (Or more formally: the ability to do work)

• Changes energy from one form to another.

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Engine

• Sources of energy that can't be easily replenished like coal, oil and natural gas.

• A machine that converts chemical energy from burning fuel to motion. Used to make trains, cars and buses go.

• A liquid fossil fuel that can be burned for energy. It is often used to make gasoline and plastics.

• A gas that can be burned for energy. It is often used to heat our homes and stoves.

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