1. TRADITIONAL ENERGY Key Vocabulary: -Energy -Wood -Oil -Coal Mining
-Uranium Mining
Common Core Standards/Essential Standards:
Een.2.8 Evaluate human behaviors in terms of how likely they are to ensure the ability to live sustainably on Earth.
Student Friendly Objective(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How does population growth affect an ecosystem?
Data Analysis:
Materials: Worksheets for Interactive Notebook and Independent Practice

2. Answer the following questions: How are these two videos different?
Write down 3 things the video says about fracking.
Write down 3 things this video says about fracking.
Answer the following questions:
How are these two videos different?
What do you think is the purpose of each video?
How does the maker of each video affect its message?

3. What is energy? then…what is work?
The ability to do work.
Force and movement.
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4. How is energy transferred?
Energy can change from one type of energy to another, but it cannot be destroyed.
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5. How do power plants produce energy?
The energy source spins a turbine, which spins the rotor. That rotor causes a stream of electrons which are captured and can be sent along transformers.
Traditional Energy Example
Alternative Energy Example
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6. How are traditional energy resources attained?
Wood
Trees are harvested by cutting down forests.
Cut trees are then processed to create lumber for fuel, construction, and consumer use.
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7. Surface mining: (40% of production)
Coal Mining
Surface mining: (40% of production)
Explosives are used to break up soil and rock
Coal is drilled, fractured, and mixed in strips
Coal is loaded onto trucks
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8. Coal Mining Underground mining: (60% of production)
Coal is mined by cutting a network of “rooms” into the coal sea
“Pillars” of coal are left behind to support the roof of the mine

10. Uranium Mining Open-pit removal: Explosives are used to break up rock
Uranium ore is removed, then transported for further processing
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11. Uranium Mining Underground mining:
Miners use shafts to move equipment and workers throughout the mine
In-situ recovery:
Solutions are injected into the ore through pipes
Miners separate uranium from the rock and pump the solution to the surface
All uranium ore must be processed into a finished product: uranium powder (yellowcake)

12. Oil Massive rigs pump out oil up to the ground for processing
A hole is drilled in the ground above an oil deposit
A steel pipe is drilled down to the reservoir rock where oil is found
Massive rigs pump out oil up to the ground for processing
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13. Natural Gas
Fracking:
Fracking fluid is pressure injected into the ground through a drilled pipeline
The fluid hits the rock at a high pressure and causes the rock to crack
This creates fissures (holes) where natural gas flows into the well
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14. Nuclear Fission Uranium-235 is mined from the ground
A reactor fires a neutron at a U-235 nucleus
The nucleus absorbs the neutron, becomes unstable, and splits
Releases massive amounts of energy
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15. What are the effects of using traditional energy?
Wood
Leads to deforestation
fewer trees leads to more CO2
Smoke from fires decreases air quality
Energy inefficient
Coal Mining
Coal contributes 31% of all CO2
Nonrenewable
Coal burning lowers air quality
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16. Uranium Mining Oil Cancer risks to miners due to radiation
May contaminate local drinking water sources
Nuclear waste is toxic
Oil
Nonrenewable
Burning oil releases greenhouse gases
Oil leaks may occur, causing environmental disasters
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17. Chemicals contaminate nearby groundwater Requires lots of water
Natural Gas
Chemicals contaminate nearby groundwater
Requires lots of water
Releases more emissions than coal
Has been linked to earthquakes
Nuclear Fission Highly radioactive waste
Waste must be stored for thousands of years
Risk of meltdown
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