Energy Sources

Law of Energy Conservation

The law of conservation of energy
states that energy may neither be
created nor destroyed.
Energy in a system may take on various forms (e.g.
kinetic, potential, thermal, light, etc.).
The sum of all the energies in a system is
constant. Energy in a system is continuously
changing from one form to another.

Earth's Energy Sources

The earth has two basic sources of energy.
Energy from the sun that reaches the surface of the earth
is called external energy. (99.9%)
Energy that reaches the surface of the earth from the
core is called geothermal or internal energy. (0.1%)

http://www.bofep.org/climate.htm

http://discoveryenterprise.blogspot.
com/2010/10/earths-core.html

Renewable Vs. Nonrenewable

Energy Sources

http://www.elanguages.org/view_resource.php?resourceid=6503

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable
means that an
energy source can
be replaced in a
humans lifetime.

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy - Is thermal energy that is

stored in the Earth. Geothermal energy comes
from several sources; the formation of the Earth,
radioactive decay, volcanic activity, etc.

http://www.plumbinglogan.com/2010/09/02/geothermal-heating-and-cooling/

Solar Energy

Solar Energy - Is energy that is produced by

the sun and is captured by humans. There are
several types of solar driven energy systems;
solar hot water, solar thermal electricity, and
solar cells (photovoltaic arrays)

Solar hot water

Solar thermal electricity

Solar cells (PV)

Biomass

Biomass is organic matter that has

stored energy through the
process of photosynthesis.
Biomass can take many
forms such as: plants,
animals that acquired
energy through food
chains/food webs, as well
as the waste products of
those animals.

http://www.window.state.tx.
us/specialrpt/energy/renewable/biomass.php

Hydroelectric Power

Water Energy Hydroelectric power uses

the kinetic energy of the
moving water to create
electricity.

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/AE_hydroelectric_power.html

Wind Energy

Wind Energy
Uses a device to convert
kinetic energy from wind
to mechanical energy.
The mechanical energy is
then converted to
electricity.

http://www.mywindpowersystem.
com/2009/05/the-most-amazing-windturbines-designs/

http://www.windpowerninja.com/home-windturbines/rooftop-wind-turbines-31247/

Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Nonrenewable
means that it
cannot be
replaced in a
humans lifetime.

Fossil Fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas)

Oil (petroleum)
Oil comes from the
remains of plants and
animals that died
millions of years
ago. These remains
experienced great heat
and pressure from the
layers of sand and silt
that were deposited on
them over millions of
years.

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/oilspill/crudeoil.html

Natural Gas
Is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon
gases that is formed by special organisims
in marshes, bogs, and landfills OR by
organic material that is deep in the earth,
and has been exposed to great heat and
pressure over millions of years.

Coal
Is a type of sedimentary rock that is
combustible. Coal is made of mostly carbon and
is the most abundant of all the fossil fuels.

Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy -

Nuclear energy is energy in the

nucleus of an atom. There are two types of nuclear
energy: fission and fusion. The fuel most widely used by
nuclear plants for nuclear fission is uranium. Uranium is
nonrenewable, though it is a common metal found in
rocks all over the world. Nuclear plants use a certain
kind of uranium, referred to as U-235.

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=3115

Sources
http://earthsci.org/processes/geopro/introgeo/introgeo.html#Sources%20of%
20Energy