1. Types of energy…handout

2. NONRENEWABLE
RESOURCES

3. NATURAL GAS ADVANTAGES Cheap CONS Portable
Burns clean
CONS
Carbon Dioxide---global warming
Affects wildlife

4. COAL ADVANTAGES Cheap Lots of it Easy to transport CONS
Mining is dangerous
Releases CO2
Mining recue
Mining recue

5. Nuclear Energy Brainpop
NUCLEAR (Uranium)
CONS
Hazardous nuclear waste
Expensive to build power plants
ADVANTAGES
Cheap
Little pollution
Nuclear meltdown
Nuclear Energy Brainpop

6. RENEWABLE
RESOURCE

7. SOLAR DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES Cells are expensive Unlimited
only works during sunlight
ADVANTAGES
Unlimited
no pollution
SOLAR POWER Cartoon
Brain Pop Solar

8. GEOTHERMAL DISADVANTAGES Only works in certain areas ADVANTAGES
Can’t be transported
ADVANTAGES
no pollution
Heating a house
Chevron

9. HYDROPOWER PROS Cheap No pollution DISADVANTAGES
Dams are harmful to wildlife in ecosystems
Brain POP Dams

10. WIND POWER ADVANTAGES No pollution DISADVANTAGES Noisy
Dangerous for birds
$$$$
BrainPop Wind

11. BIOMASS ADVANTAGES Burns materials normally thrown away DISADVANTAGES
Biomass needs to be replaced
Air pollution
trees
BrainPop Biofuels