Energy

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed.

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable
• Inexhaustable

Resources that can never be used up, such as solar energy and wind energy.

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable
• Inexhaustable

A resource that forms much slower than it is consumed, such as fossil fuel.

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable
• Inexhaustable

A nonrenewable resource formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago. 

• Geothermal Energy
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Fossil Fuel
• Nuclear Energy

A nonrenewable resource that is formed when energy is released from the nuclei of atoms that are split or combined.

• Geothermal Energy
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Fossil Fuel
• Nuclear Energy

Electrical energy produced by moving water. The energy in flowing water is converted to electrical energy when it spins turbines connected to electric generators inside the dam.

• Geothermal Energy
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Fossil Fuel
• Nuclear Energy

Is energy produced by heat from the Earth's interior. It heats rock formation deep within the ground, the groundwater absorbs this heat and forms hot springs and geysers where the water reaches the Earth's Surface.

• Geothermal Energy
• Hydroelectric Energy
• Fossil Fuel
• Nuclear Energy

Is organic matter from plants and animal waste that contains chemical energy. Burning releases the contained chemical energy to provide energy for cooking food, warmth, and power engines.

• Solar Energy
• Biomass
• Wind Energy

Is energy received by Earth through radiation generated by the Sun.

• Solar Energy
• Biomass
• Wind Energy

Created by the sun's uneven heating of air masses in Earth's atmosphere. Is uses the force of moving air to drive an electric generator to do work.

• Solar Energy
• Biomass
• Wind Energy