Energy Sources Fast and Curious

The ability to cause change or do work.

• Chemical energy

• Elastic energy

• Electrical energy

• Energy

• Energy conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Natural resources that can be used as a source of energy to do work.

• Energy resources

• Energy transformation (conversion)

• Kinetic energy

• Law of conservation of energy

• Light (radiant) energy

Natural resources that can be replaced by nature. (e.g., solar, hydropower, wind, biomass)

• Mechanical energy

• Nonrenewable

• Potential energy

• Radiation

• Renewable

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Natural resources that cannot be replaced once depleted.(e.g., oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear)

• Mechanical energy

• Nonrenewable

• Potential energy

• Radiation

• Renewable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Material derived from living things (plants and animals).

• biofuels

• biomass

• geothermal

• hydropower

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

energy created from the heat beneath the surface of the earth.

• biofuels

• hydropower

• geothermal

• nuclear power

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

electricity generated from the energy of moving water through a dam.

• biomass

• nuclear power

• solar power

• hydropower

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

energy harnessed from the decay of uranium atoms.

• nuclear power

• solar power

• wind energy

• hydropower

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

energy generated from moving wind by means of windmills or wind turbines.

• hydropower

• biofuels

• geothermal

• wind energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A non-renewable energy source that usually comes from far underground and is mined from hillside and mountains

• Oil

• Petroleum

• Natural Gas

• Coal