Managing Energy Resources

Using a dam to control the flow of water and using it to make electricity.

• solar power

• geothermal energy

• biomass

• hydropower

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Heat from underground used for electricity.

• solar power

• biomass

• geothermal energy

• hydropower

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Crops or lumber or anything once living or coming from a living things used for fuel or energy.

• solar power

• biomass

• wind energy

• hydropower

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Electricity generated from the wind using wind turbines.

• wind power

• geothermal energy

• biomass

• solar power

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Electricity generated using the sun and solar panels.

• solar power

• biomass

• wind power

• geothermal energy

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A resource found in nature that is useful to our lives like air, water, soil and plants.

• natural resource

• energy resource

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

The mixture of invisible, odorless, tasteless gases that surround Earth.

• air

• efficiency

• soil

• conservation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air

• efficiency

• air

• soil

• conservation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The ability to do something or produce something without wasting materials, time, or energy

• soil

• conservation

• efficiency

• air

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

The careful use of Earth’s materials to prevent or reduce damage to the environment and extend the lifetime of resources

• efficiency

• conservation

• soil

• air

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7