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 Name three
renewable energy
resources.
Can You Discuss?
Wind, tidal, solar, geothermal, wave
and hydroelectric power.
 Why will renewable
energy resources
never run out?
Can You Discuss?
How they are continually being
replaced.
 Is coal a renewable or
non-renewable
resource?
Can You Discuss?
What non-renewable means.
 Which renewable sources
of energy are dependent
on the weather?

Can You Discuss?

Why solar power and wind power
are dependent on the weather.
 Which type of renewable
energy would you not want to
use in an area that is often
covered in clouds?

Can You Discuss?

What solar panels require.
 What kind of energy is made from passing
water (usually from a reservoir or dam)
through a turbine?
The water goes through the turbine blades
and drives the generator to convert the
motion into electrical energy.

Can You Discuss?

Where hydroelectric energy (hydroelectric power
or hydroelectricity) is used and produced in
Australia.
 Name a disadvantage of
tidal power.

Can You Discuss?

• environmental effects
• costs
 What do you call an area with
many wind turbines?

Can You Discuss?

How wind farm locations
are chosen.
 Name some
disadvantages of wind
turbines.
Can You Discuss?
• suitable weather conditions
• noise level
• harm to wildlife, such as birds
 What type of renewable
resource is made from the
heat under the Earth’s
surface?
Can You Discuss?
How geothermal energy is
used.
 Name a country that obtains
some of its energy from
geothermal methods.

Can You Discuss?

How Iceland and New Zealand use
geothermal energy.
 State a disadvantage of
geothermal energy.
Can You Discuss?
• how it can only be used in volcanic
regions
• release of greenhouse gases
• set up costs
• sustainability
 How is coal produced?

Can You Discuss?

How it is formed from dead
plants over millions of years.
 Can our oceans be used
to generate electricity?

Can You Discuss?

How wave, tidal and ocean thermal
energy can be used to generate
electricity.
 Coal, oil and gas are
all forms of…
Can You Discuss?
Fossil fuels and how they
are used.
 Name three fossil fuels.

Can You Discuss?

How coal, petroleum, natural gas, oil
shales, bitumens, tar sands, and heavy
oils are used.
 State one advantage and
one disadvantage of tidal
power.
Can You Discuss?
Some advantages:
Doesn’t change the look of the landscape too much
Not expensive to operate
Renewable energy resource
Predictability of tides
Some disadvantages:
Needs the right site
Must be durable
Can increase erosion
Danger to marine life
Cost to send power across the land
Not always a constant energy source
 Most nuclear power stations
use nuclear fission to boil
what?
Can You Discuss?
How nuclear power is used to heat
water and produce steam for turbines in
submarines, aircraft carriers and
icebreakers.
 Do non-renewable or
renewable energy resources
provide most of our electrical
energy?
Can You Discuss?
The reasons why non-renewable energy
resources provide most
of our electrical energy.
 Describe how waves produce
electricity.

Can You Discuss?

How waves cause turbines to
move and the turbines are
connected to a generator.
 What is bioenergy?

Can You Discuss?

What natural renewable materials (biomass)
can be used to produce heat, electricity,
biogas and liquid fuels.