Al Iman Schools Virtual Learning Year 7 - Science

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Energy resources

LO - Describe some renewable energy resources.

Recall how fossil fuels are formed.
Explain how the energy provided by some resources originally came from the Sun.

1 These sentences all describe different renewable energy resources.

Write the name of the resource (or resources) next to each statement. Each name can be
used more than once.

biofuel geothermal hydroelectric solar tides waves wind

a This resource is only available in the day time.

b These three resources use moving water.

c This resource uses moving air.

d This resource uses hot rocks.

e This resource is made from plants or wastes from animals.

f This resource uses falling water.

g These three resources are available at any time.

h This resource is more likely to be available in the summer.

i These two resources use the sea.

j The energy in these two resources does not come from the Sun.
2 Fill in the gaps in these sentences using words from the box.

Fuels are stores of or nuclear energy. Coal, . and natural gas

are called fuels. They are formed from the remains of plants and
_________________________. The remains were buried under layers of , and took
_______ of years to turn into fuel. We use fossil fuels and
_______________________fuels in power stations to generate . They are
fuels because they cannot be replaced once they are used up.
Biofuels are fuels made from , wastes from animals or used cooking oil. They
are _______________________ fuels, because they will not run out.

animals chemical electricity fossil fuel millions

non-renewable nuclear oil plants renewable rock

3 Many energy resources originally get their energy from the Sun. Tick the correct box for
each resource.

Energy from
Energy Energy from Energy is not
the effect of
Resource directly from plants that originally
the Sun on the
the Sun used sunlight from the Sun
air and water
biofuels

fossil fuels

hydroelectric

geothermal

wind

tides

nuclear

solar

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