Renewable Energy

A resource that can be replaced when needed.

• Fossil Fuels

• Nonrenewable Energy

• Exhaustible Energy

• Renewable Energy

The use of flowing water from waterfalls and dams to produce electricity.

• HYDRO & TIDAL POWER

• SOLAR ENERGY

• WIND ENERGY

• NUCLEAR ENERGY

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.

• BIODEGRADABLE

• BIOMASS

• REDUCE

• RECYCLABLE

Energy from the sun.

• HYDRO & TIDAL POWER

• SOLAR ENERGY

• WIND ENERGY

• NUCLEAR ENERGY

Energy derived from wind by means of windmills or wind turbines.

• HYDRO & TIDAL POWER

• SOLAR ENERGY

• WIND ENERGY

• NUCLEAR ENERGY

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels

• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
  

• Solar energy recharges batteries

• All of them

The house illustrated here uses panels on the roof to collect a natural resource and convert it into electricity that can be used.
Which alternative energy source does this house use?

• Water

• Wind

• Solar

• Geothermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...

• Hydropower

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Solar Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power all share this same benefit.

• zero carbon emissions/air pollution

• habitat loss

• cheap to use

• nonrenewable

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.