ENERGY RESOURCES

Fossil Fuels
◦ Fossil Fuels
◦ Formed from dead
organisms
◦ Three Types
◦ Combustion releases ◦ Coal
energy ◦ Solid state
◦ Nonrenewable resource ◦ Natural Gas
◦ Produce greenhouse gas ◦ Gas state
emissions ◦ Petroleum (Crude Oil)
◦ Contribute to acid rain ◦ Liquid state
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◦ Energy Consumption
◦ Most electricity from coal
◦ Fossil fuel burned
◦ Water boils
◦ Steam spins a turbine
◦ Produces electricity
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Nuclear Energy
◦ Fusion
◦ Two nuclei form a single atom
◦ Huge amounts of energy released
◦ No air pollution
◦ Extremely high temperatures
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◦ Fission
◦ A nucleus splits apart into two
◦ Thermal energy used to generate electricity
◦ No air pollution
◦ Radioactive waste produced
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Renewable Energy Resources
◦ Renewable Resources ◦ Types of Renewable Resource
◦ Continuously replenished ◦ Solar
◦ Similar or even better efficiency ◦ Wind
◦ No pollutants or radioactive waste ◦ Hydroelectric
◦ Usually expensive to build ◦ Geothermal
◦ Biomass
◦ Hydrogen Fuel Cells
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