Alternative Energy

Solar

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Wind

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Biofuel (biomass)

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Geothermal

• Renewable (Alternative)

• Nonrenewable

Some buildings and homes are heated by energy produced from an alternative to fossil fuels. Which of these is an example of a building or home heated using an alternative energy source?

• A home heated by energy generated by a hydroelectric dam

• A building that has emergency electric generators that run on gasoline

• A home heated by energy produced from a coal power plant in a city

• A building that has furnaces powered by natural gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Which energy source can be used instead of fossil fuels?

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

• alternative energy

• light energy

What form of alternative energy uses plants and animal waste and turns it into sugar and then liquid fuel?

• geothermal power

• biomass power

• solar power

• hydroelectric power

Alternative energy is

• Generated by natural resources and is renewable

• man made

• nonrenewable

• not helpful to us in Texas

How many citizens chose alternative energy resources?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

This type of power relies on waste materials from organic matter.

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Biomass