Types of Sustainable Energies

What part of the world will most likely have more wind?

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

• Halfway point between the equator and the Poles

The amount of energy we can use varies according to the time of day

• Biomass

• Hydro

• Solar

• Wind

Propeller blades of a turbine around a rotor spins a generator, which creates electricity

• Solar

• Wind

• Tidal

• Geothermal

By building a dam, a large reservoir can be used to create a controlled flow of water that will drive a turbine, generating electricity.

• Biofuel

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Hydro

This type of energy is produced twice a day by the surge of ocean waters during its rise and fall

• Solar

• Wind

• Geothermal

• Tidal

Harnesses the natural heat below the earth’s surface

• Wind

• Geothermal

• Hydro

• Biomass

True or False?

Fossil fuels are a renewable source of energy

• True

• False

Generates energy by converting agricultural and domestic waste into solid, liquid and gas fuel

• Biomass

• Hydro

• Geothermal

• Solar

Nuclear power uses radioactive metals to heat water and produces steam

• True

• False

__________ power is best in countries with lots of rivers and streams