6.7A Advantages & Disadvantages of Energy Sources

Material derived from living things (plants and animals).

• biofuels

• biomass

• geothermal

• hydropower

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fuels, such as ethanol, that are created from the fermentation of biomass.

• biofuels

• hydropower

• nuclear power

• solar power

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energy created from the heat beneath the surface of the earth.

• biofuels

• hydropower

• geothermal

• nuclear power

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electricity generated from the energy of moving water through a dam.

• biomass

• nuclear power

• solar power

• hydropower

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energy harnessed from the decay of uranium atoms.

• nuclear power

• solar power

• wind energy

• hydropower

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resources that cannot be replaced in a short period of time, such as coal, oil and natural gas.

• renewable resources

• wind energy

• nonrenewable resources

• solar power

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natural resources that can be replaced in a short period of time, such as living things, water and air.

• hydropower

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• wind energy

energy generated from moving wind by means of windmills or wind turbines.

• hydropower

• biofuels

• geothermal

• wind energy