1. Topic: Energy Resources
Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?

2. Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
When we use electricity in our home, the electrical power was probably generated by burning coal, by a nuclear reaction, or by a hydroelectric plant at a dam. Therefore, coal, nuclear and hydro are called energy sources.

3. Energy sources are divided into two groups.
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Energy sources are divided into two groups.
Renewable (an energy source that can be easily replenished)
Nonrenewable (an energy source that we are using up and cannot recreate).

4. Advantage- A good reason to do or use something.
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Advantage- A good reason to do or use something.
Example: The advantage of using a calculator is math is quicker.
Disadvantage- The reasons why doing something would be bad.
Example: The disadvantage of using a calculator is you could punch in the number wrong and not know it.

5. Examples of Renewable Energy
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Renewable Energy
Solar Energy- Solar energy is the sun’s rays (solar radiation) that reach the Earth.
Advantages-
does not produce air pollutants.
Low impact on the environment.
Disadvantages-
Sunlight is not the same all the time.
You need a LOT of solar panels.

6. Examples of Renewable Energy
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Renewable Energy
Wind- energy captured from air in motion. This is captured with the use of a windmill.
Advantages-
Few impacts on the environment.
Reduces the amount of air pollutants
Disadvantages-
Some people do not their looks on the land
Kills birds

7. Examples of Renewable Energy
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Renewable Energy
Hydropower- Produces the most amount of electricity in the U.S. Energy from moving water.
Advantages-
Generators do not pollute the air.
Also helps stop floods from rivers.
Disadvantages-
Stops the migration of fish
Could change water temperature
Could impact plants and animals next to plant.

8. Examples of Renewable Energy
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Renewable Energy
Advantages-
Does not pollute the air
Earth is always hot so never going to run out
Geothermal- Energy from the heat inside the Earth. Heat is always coming out of the Earth.
Disadvantages-
Have to find a place to drill (time consuming)
Wells could stop producing steam
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9. Examples of Renewable Energy
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Renewable Energy
Biomass- The burning of organic material made from plants and animals . Burning releases heat which is energy.
Advantages-
Alcohols are basically clean burning
Can be found anywhere
Disadvantages-
Depending on what is burned, could lead to global warming
A lot less energy is released than other types of energies.

10. Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
Advantages-
Creates HUGE amounts of energy.
Power stations can be made pretty much anywhere.
Fossil Fuels-
Include Coal, Oil and Natural Gas.
Formed from the remains of plants and animals over millions of year.
Disadvantages-
Creates a HUGE amount of pollutants
Contributes to Green House Gases
Destroys land from mining.

11. Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
Topic: Energy Resources Essential Question: What do the different energy resources have in common? What is different?
Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
Nuclear- Made from the splitting of Uranium. Split the atoms to release the energy.
Advantages-
Does not pollute the air
Creates LARGE amounts of energy
Disadvantages-
Creates radioactive waste which could cause cancer.
Can be very dangerous

12. Process C-Notes
Re-read your notes and HIGHLIGHT important concepts from the notes.
Underline vocab terms.
Circle things you don’t understand.
Create questions for your notes.
Come up with a 3-4 sentence summary of your notes.

13. Notebook Assignment Glue C-Notes on the next right hand page.
On the left hand, answer the following question. Include some sort of picture. Answer needs to be more than 4 sentences.:
If you were able to choose to give your house electricity by a renewable resource or a non renewable resource which would you choose and why?