8.P.2 Energy Vocabulary

Natural resources that are replenished by the environment in a short period of time (wind, solar power, geothermal energy, etc)

• Nonrenewable resources
• Renewable resources
• Solar Energy
• Fossil Fuels

Resources that are not easily replenished by the environment.

• Renewable resources
• Nonrenewable resources
• Geothermal energy
• Energy conservation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Nonrenewable resource; natural fuel such as coal, gas or natural gas that is formed in the Earth from the remains of living organisms.

• Biomass
• Hydroelectric power
• Solar energy
• Fossil fuels

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Renewable resource; radiant energy emitted by the sun that can be collected by solar panels.

• Solar energy
• Fossil fuels
• Energy conservation
• Biofuels

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Reducing energy consumption to save electricity; reduce/reuse/recycle

• renewable resources
• energy conservation
• solar energy
• nuclear power

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Renewable resource; uses heat from the earth to produce energy - 'geo' means 'earth' and 'thermal' means 'heat.'

• fossil fuels
• hydroelectric power
• energy conservation
• Geothermal energy

Renewable resource; form of energy generated by the conversion of free-falling dam water to electricity 

• hydroelectric power
• biomass
• solar energy
• biofuels

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Renewable resource; Total mass of organisms in a given area or volume that can be used as a fuel.

• hydroelectric power
• geothermal energy
• fossil fuels
• biomass

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Renewable energy; released during nuclear fission or fusion, especially when used to generate electricity.

• biofuels
• nuclear power
• nonrenewable resources
• geothermal energy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Renewable resource; fuels made from living organisms - literally biological fuels.

• biofuels
• solar energy
• fossil fuels
• geothermal energy