6.7A Energy Resources

natural resources that can be replaced in a short period of time, such as living things, water and air.

• hydropower

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• wind energy

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

• hydropower

• biofuels

• geothermal

• wind energy

Material derived from living things (plants and animals).

• biofuels

• biomass

• geothermal

• hydropower

fuels, such as ethanol, that are created from the fermentation of biomass.

• biofuels

• hydropower

• nuclear power

• solar power

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

• biofuels

• hydropower

• geothermal

• nuclear power

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

• biomass

• nuclear power

• solar power

• hydropower

energy harnessed from the decay of uranium atoms.

• nuclear power

• solar power

• wind energy

• hydropower

resources that cannot be replaced in a short period of time, such as coal, oil and natural gas.

• renewable resources

• wind energy

• nonrenewable resources

• solar power

A hard, black solid fuel formed from the remains of plants over millions of years and extracted from the ground; a nonrenewable fossil fuel

• oil (petroleum)
• coal
• graphite
• natural gas

Harnessing energy from the decay of Uranium atoms is...

• wind energy
• hydropower
• nuclear power
• biomass