Unit 4: Energy Resources
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Day 1 – Non-renewable Resources
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Date:
Unit Essential Questions:
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How are renewable and nonrenewable
resources different?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of
renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Are we responsible for the environmental
damage that will be experienced by future
generations?
Vocabulary:
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Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
Petroleum
Nonrenewable
Radioactive
Uranium
Fossil fuels
SWBAT
 … identify the advantages and disadvantages
of nonrenewable energy resources.
DO NOW: Fill in the K and the W of the KWL chart for Energy Resources.
Topic: Energy Resources
K
What I know
W
What I want to know
L
What I learned
Video: 3, 2, 1
1.
How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?
2.
What are the three fossil fuels from the video?
3.
What happens when fossil fuels are burned?
4.
How much has the Carbon Dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere increased by since 1750?
Finish guided notes, read and complete textbook section 4.1 (pages 130-141) Bring textbook next class.
GUIDED NOTES: Nonrenewable Resources
Energy Resource
Advantages
Disadvantages
Coal:
Oil/Petroleum:
Natural Gas:
Nuclear:
STOP AND JOT: In your own words, what is a fossil fuel?
Finish guided notes, read and complete textbook section 4.1 (pages 130-141) Bring textbook next class.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks.
Word Bank
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Global Warming
Coal
Radioactive
Nonrenewable energy resource
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Natural Gas
Pollution
Nonrenewable
Petroleum
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Millions
Nuclei
Nonrenewable Energy Resources
1. A(n) ____________________is an energy source that is used much faster than it is replaced or is available in limited amounts.
2. _______________________________________ are the remains of ancient organisms that can be burned as an energy source.
a. Fossil fuels take
can be replaced.
b.
of years to form, and they are being used up much faster than they
and natural gas form from microscopic marine organisms whose remains are
subject to increasing temperature and pressure for millions of years.
c.
forms on land from remains of ancient plants that come under strong pressure.
d. Most of the
plants.
burned in the United States is used to generate electricity in power
e. Most of the
burned in the United States is used to heat buildings.
f. Burning natural gas produces less
than burning other fossil fuels does.
g. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which causes
, a rise in Earth’s average temperature.
3. People can transform nuclear energy from uranium
a. Uranium is a(n)
Earth.
b. Nuclear power plants do not release
c. Nuclear power plants produce wastes that are
things.
into thermal energy.
energy resource because it is no longer being formed inside
into the air.
and can cause great damage to living
Define the following terms in your own words.
a. nonrenewable energy resource
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b. fossil fuel
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4.
What are three types of fossil fuels? Explain why they are nonrenewable energy resources.
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Finish guided notes, read and complete textbook section 4.1 (pages 130-141) Bring textbook next class.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: First, fill in the graphic organizer below for nonrenewable resources. Then, answer questions 5-7
about those nonrenewable resources.
Nonrenewable
Energy Sources
Fossil Fuels
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Nonrenewable energy resources are limited in quantity. Give an example of a nonrenewable energy resource. Explain why
it is considered to be nonrenewable.
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6.
How does using fossil fuels affect Earth’s atmosphere?
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What is a disadvantage of using nuclear energy?
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Finish guided notes, read and complete textbook section 4.1 (pages 130-141) Bring textbook next class.