Alternative Energy

Energy produced by means other than the burning of fossil fuels.

• Alternative Energy Resource

• Wind Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Resource Energy

Energy that comes from changing the power of moving air into a useful form.

• Water Energy

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

Energy that comes directly from the sun.

• Wind Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Solar Energy

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Carbon-based fuel made from recently produced biomass.

• Biomass

• Biology

• Biofuel

• Boiling Point

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Energy that comes from the natural heat inside the Earth

• Geothermal Energy

• Heat Energy

• Steam Energy

• Geyser Energy

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A renewable source of energy based on the natural movement of water.

• Water Energy

• Wind Energy

• Electric Energy

• Hydroelectricity

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Materials from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time, such as trees

• Renewable Resource

• Non-Renewable Resource

• Biomass

• Biofuel

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Materials from Earth that cannot be replaced within a reasonable amount of time, such as oil, coal, and natural gas.

• Non-Renewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Biofuel

• Biomass

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Materials introduced into an environment that cause damage, discomfort, or instability

• Pollution

• Trash

• Debris

• Litter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter

• Mass

• Magnetism

• Melting Point