Download Another Look at Renewable Energy Resources

Another Look at
Renewable Energy
Resources
Student will identify five types: hydroelectric,
solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal
Alternative Energy
Resource:
What is the renewable Advantages and Disresource?
advantages
Geothermal Energy
Geo= _________________
Therm= _______________
Geothermal energy is always
produced
___________________.
Advantages:
Scientist drill into the Earth to
reach __________
from the ______________.
Disadvantages:
There are hot spots on Earth
where
__________________bubble
out of the Earth.
A _____________ is a hot
spring
Alternative Energy
Source:
What is the renewable Advantages and Disresource?
advantages
Hydroelectric Power
hydroelectric power
•Moving __________is used to
make__________________.
•Hydro is a prefix that means
_____________.
Advantages:
•Water is renewable
•It is a clean energy source
•Water is the renewable
resource. It is renewed in the
water cycle.
Disadvantages:
•It costs a lot to build a dam
•Turbines turn moving water
•It can damage habitats
into __________________
energy.
•It can damage the
environment and dry up flood
plains
Alternative Energy
Source: Solar Energy
What is the renewable Advantages and Disresource?
advantages
•Solar panels are used to
collect
the ___________________.
They change the sun’s
energy into
___________________
•Sol is a root
______________
Advantages:
•The sun is renewable
•It is a clean energy source
Disadvantages:
•Solar panels can be
expensive
•Solar energy is
___________________
•They don’t work when it is
•The sun is always shining.
•They don’t produce electricity
cloudy
at night
Alternative Energy
Source: Wind turbine
Farm
What is the renewable Advantages and Disresource?
advantages
A wind turbine captures
Advantages:
the ____________. It turns
moving air into
_____________.
Air or wind
is a renewable resource. It can
be _____________________.
Disadvantages:
Alternative Energy
Source: Biofuels or
Biomass
What is the renewable Advantages and Disresource?
advantages
Biofuel from plants
A biofuel uses the energy
Advantages:
in ____________. It turns
plants or animal waste into a
_____________.
•
•
•
Biofuels are
________________resource.
Renewable energy source
Plants can be quickly
regrown
Animal waste products
readily available
Waste or plants can quickly be
___________________.
Disadvantages:
It’s what we’ve been
burning to create energy
for years like wood,
grass, and peat
•
•
Impact of using crops as
fuel and NOT food.
Doesn’t release the same
amount of energy as fossil
fuels
Renewable Energy Sources
Water and
Geothermal
Hydroelectric Energy
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Biofuels