Sources of Energy

a resource that can be replaced naturally by the earth; they don't run out; they can be renewed

examples: solar, wind, hydropower

• renewable

• fossil fuel

• non-renewable

• petroleum

resources that cannot be replaced after they are used; they are limited; they take millions of years to form

examples: coal, oil, natural gas

• renewable

• geothermal

• non-renewable

• biomass

a solid fossil fuel energy resource; produced from plant remains

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• renewable

a liquid fossil fuel energy resource; formed from the remains of small marine plants and animals buried under heat and pressure

• pollution

• coal

• natural gas

• oil

Tags

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a gaseous fossil fuel energy resource; a flammable gas that occurs naturally underground

• greenhouse gas

• coal

• natural gas

• oil

energy from the sun

• geothermal

• hydropower

• wind power

• solar power

Tags

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energy that is produced by atomic reactions through nuclear fission (splitting the nucleus of an atom)

• natural gas

• geothermal

• nuclear power

• fossil fuel

Tags

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power generated by harnessing the energy from the movement of wind

• hydropower

• geothermal

• biomass

• wind power

Tags

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energy produced by the movement of flowing water

• geothermal

• hydropower

• biomass

• pollution

Tags

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the release of harmful materials into the environment

• pollution

• energy conservation

• climate change

• teleporting

Tags

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