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Energy ResourcesA natural resource that can be
converted by humans into forms of energy in order to do useful work!
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Nonrenewable
• These are energy resources that cannot be replaced after they have been used or need thousands to millions of years to be replaced.
• Like What?
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Fossil Fuels• Fossil fuels are energy resources that formed from
the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
• The plants stored energy from the sun during photosynthesis. (CO2 + H2O Glucose + O2)
(in sunlight )• Animals stored this same energy by eating the
plants.• So, fossil fuels are concentrated forms of the sun’s
energy!
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Fossil Fuels
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The higher the carbon content, the cleaner the fuel burns.
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Recycling just one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television set for four hours!
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The pioneers who settled the American West often dug wells to find water. Occasionally, they were disappointed because they struck oil, for which they had no use!
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Electrical Energy from Fossil Fuels
• Burning fossil fuels are the primary source of energy in the United States.
• K.E. electrical energy by an electric generator.
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In 1882, Thomas Edison built the first electrical generating station designed to provide electrical energy to homes and businesses in Manhattan.
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Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear power plants generate thermal energy that boils water to produce steam. The steam turns a turbine, which rotates a generator that converts K.E. electrical energy.
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Nuclear Fission
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Of all the energy used by a standard light bulb, only one-tenth is converted to light energy. The rest is thermal energy. That’s why light bulbs are soooooo hot after they have been on for a while.
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Renewable Energy Resources
An energy resource that can be used and replaced in nature in a short
period of time.
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Solar Energy
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Water Energy
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Wind Energy
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Geothermal Energy
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Biomass
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