Energy Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Vocabulary

a source of energy other than the burning of a fossil fuel

• solar power

• hydroelectricity

• biomass

• alternative energy source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

plant and animal wastes that can be processed to make fuel

• fossil fuels

• biomass

• biomass conversion

• natural resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

electricity made by water power

• hydroelectricity

• pollution

• replenish

• geothermal

converting energy from the Sun into electrical power

• geothermal

• renewable resources

• solar power

• fossil fuels

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

a useful material that is replaced quickly in nature

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• biomass

• solar power

the process of changing biomass into fuel

• hydroelectricity

• biomass

• biomass conversion

• pollution

energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth

• solar power

• geothermal

• alternative energy source

• conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Materials in the environment that are useful to people. (This includes ALL renewable and nonrenewable resources.)

• Natural Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Natural resources that are constantly being recycled. Nature produces them again and again.

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3