Energy Resources introduction renewable energy

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1. Energy Resources
A natural resource that can be
converted by humans into forms of
energy in order to do useful work!

2. Nonrenewable
•These are energy resources that cannot be
replaced after they have been used or need
thousands to millions of years to be
replaced.
•Like What?

3. Fossil Fuels
•Fossil fuels are energy resources that formed from
the buried remains of plants and animals that lived
millions of years ago.
•The plants stored energy from the sun during
photosynthesis. (CO2 + H2O  Glucose + O2)
(in sunlight )
•Animals stored this same energy by eating the
plants.
•So, fossil fuels are concentrated forms of the sun’s
energy!

4. Electrical Energy from Fossil
Fuels
•Burning fossil fuels are the primary source
of energy in the United States.
•K.E. electrical energy by an electric
generator.

6. Renewable Energy Resources
An energy resource that can be used
and replaced in nature in a short
period of time.

7. Solar Energy

8. Water Energy

9. Wind Energy

10. Geothermal Energy

11. Biomass