Sources of Energy PPT
Name: __________________________________________________ Period: _____ Date: _________
Essential Question: How do we help lessen our ecological footprint?
1.What is Solar Energy? ( p 690- 691)
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2. Identify the different renewable sources of energy. ( p. 656)
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3. Identify the different non -renewable sources of energy. ( p. 657)
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4.What are fossil fuels? ( p. 686-689)
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5. What makes wind power better than fossil fuel? ( p. 686-689, 694)
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6. What is Nuclear power? ( p. 695-696)
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7. What is hydroelectric power? ( p. 692-693)
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8. What is the relationship between fossil fuel and global warming? ( p. 376, 380)
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9. What are the alternatives for fossil fuels? ( p. 690-697)
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10. How are we affected by the use of fossil fuel? ( p. 668)
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11. How can we help slow down global warming? ( p. 728-729 )
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12. What is tidal energy? Research or review your notes.
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Renewable Energy includes biomass,
hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar
and others.
Non-Renewable energy includes
petroleum, natural gas, coal, uranium,
and propane.
Alternative energy sources include all
renewable energy and uranium.
13. Directions: For each item mark whether
“renewable energy ” (RE) or “non-renewable energy” (NRE)
____________A. Water
____________B. Coal
____________C. Oil
____________D. Trees
____________E. Paper
____________ F. Plastics
____________ G. Natural Gas
____________ H. cardboard
____________ I. Sunlight
____________ J. Lumber
14. How is renewable energy better than non- renewable energy?
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15. How is non-renewable energy better than renewable energy?
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16. Describe "Greenhouse Effect"
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17. Electrical energy can be produced from_______________________________________________________
18. Which uses the most energy in American homes each year?
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19.The U.S. consumes lots of energy. Which fuel provides the most energy?
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20. Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and propane are fossil fuels. They are called fossil fuels because…
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21. Gasoline is produced by refining which fossil fuel?
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22. Propane is used instead of natural gas on many farms and in rural areas. Why is propane often used instead
of natural gas?
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23. What sector of the U.S. economy consumes most of the nation’s petroleum?
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24. Global warming focuses on an increase in the level of which gas in the atmosphere?
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25. Solar, biomass, geothermal, wind, and hydropower energy are all renewable sources of energy. They are
called renewable because they …
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26. Today, which renewable energy source provides the U.S. with the most energy?
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27. In a nuclear power plant, uranium ( fuel of nuclear power plants) atoms …
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___28. The family decided to try to reduce their water use. Which of
the following measures could help them save water?
A. Run washing machines only when full
B. Repair leaky faucets
C. Turn off the tap when brushing their teeth
D. All of the above
___29. If everyone in the family agreed to take 5-minute showers
instead of 10-minute showers, about
how many liters of water would be saved each day?
A. 5
C. 75
B. 11
D. 150
Fossil Fuels (05:44)
Internal Combustion (06:45)
Electricity (06:49)
Hydroelectric (04:17)
Nuclear Power (06:16)
Biosphere: Irene Curie (01:45)
Solar Power (06:36)
Student Inventor:
Solar-powered House (02:43)
Wind Power (03:01)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells (05:55)
Before Your
Know It: Energy Innovations (03:10)
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