ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY

ENERGY RESOURCES

Name: Salvilla, Shiela Mae D. CYS: _BET-MT 2C_ Date: _6/24/23_

ACTIVITY 1-ENERGY RESOURCES

Biomass Energy 1. Energy generated or produced by living or once-living organisms

including plants.
Geothermal Energy 2. Is the heat derived within the sub-surface of the earth.
Wind Energy 3. Describes the process by which wind is used to generate electricity.
Waste – derived fuel 4. Fuel produced from municipal solid waste (MSW),
industrial waste or commercial waste.
Binary Cycle Power Plant 5. Type of power plant wherein geothermal reservoir never
comes in contact with the turbine/generator units.
Concentrating Solar – Thermal Power Systems 6. It uses mirrors to reflect and
concentrate sunlight onto receivers that collect solar energy and
convert it to heat, which can then be used to produce electricity or
stored for later use.
Liquid Petroleum/Oil 7. It comprises a variety of liquid hydrocarbon compounds
(compounds made up of different proportions of the elements carbon
and hydrogen)
Coal 8. It forms not from marine organisms, but from the remains of land plants.
Kerogen 9. Organic matter that is not readily dissolved either in water or in organic
solvents, and the term can also be applied to solid precursor organic
compounds of oil and natural gas in other types of rocks.
Lignite 10. A soft brown coal.
Name: Salvilla, Shiela Mae D.CYS: BET – MT 2C Date: 6/23/24

ACTIVITY 2-ENERGY RESOURCES

False_______1. The production of a large deposit of any fossil fuel requires a small
number of initial accumulations of organic matter, which is rich in
carbon and hydrogen and these be buried quickly.
False_______2. Burial of organic matter break down the large, complex organic
molecules into simpler, smaller hydrocarbon molecules since
Pressures and temperature decrease with the weight of the overlying
sediment or rock.
True________3. Most oils and all natural gases are less dense than water, so they tend
to rise as well as to migrate laterally through the water-filled pores of
permeable rocks.
True________4. Costs for drilling offshore are substantially higher than for land-based
drilling.
True________5. Geothermal energy can be used for heating and cooling purposes or be
harnessed to generate clean electricity.
False_______6. Much of the kerogen is not widely dispersed through the oil shale that a
lesser amount of volumes of rock must be processed to obtain shale
oil.
True________7. Biomass contains energy first derived from the sun: Plants absorb the
sun’s energy through photosynthesis, and convert carbon dioxide and
water into nutrients (carbohydrates).
False_______8. Dry steam plants do not emit steam and gases.
False_______9. Worldwide, 95% of known uranium reserves are found in igneous rocks.
False_______10. Wind is caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun,
variations in the earth's surface, and rotation of the earth. However,
mountains, bodies of water, and vegetation do not influence wind flow
patterns.
Name: ______________________________CYS: ______________ Date: __________
ACTIVITY 3 - ENERGY RESOURCES
Complete the table
Energy Resources Advantages Disadvantages
Oil and Natural gas • High vitality densities, • The size of petroleum
Deposits which means they resources of a given
contain a large amount nation are not correlated
of vitality per unit with geographic size.
volume. • The rate of oil
• It may be used in a consumption is very high
variety of applications compared even to the
across several estimated resources
industries. available.
• The oil and gas business • The costs of exploration
creates jobs, have gone up, and not
strengthens f inancial simply due to inf lation.
development, and • Costs f or drilling of f shore
generates revenue for are substantially higher
governments through than f or land-based
taxes. drilling.
• They can help close the • Oil supply and demand
gap between reliance on are very unevenly
f ossil f uels and the distributed around the
development and world.
acceptance of cleaner, • Non – renewable
more sustainable energy resources.
options.
Coal • Coal is abundant in • It produces signif icantly
many regions and easy more carbon dioxide per
to get through mining, unit energy released
theref ore people rely on than oil or natural gas.
it to generate energy. • The sulf ur content of
• Easy to store. coal can be more than
• It is relatively easy and 3%. These gases are
inexpensive to convert poisonous and are
coal into energy. extremely irritating to
• Coal contributes to eyes and lungs.
energy security by • A common trace
lowering reliance on element in coal is
imported energy mercury, a very volatile
sources. (easily vaporized) metal,
• The hardest, high- so it can be released
carbon coals (especially with the waste gases.
anthracite), then, are the • Coal use also produces
most desirable as f uels a great deal of solid
waste.
 because of their • Underground mining of
potential energy yield. coal is notoriously
dangerous, as well as
expensive.
• The acid runof f can also
pollute area ground and
surf ace waters, killing
aquatic plants and
animals in lakes and
streams and
contaminating the water
supply.
Oil shale • The presence of oil shale • The water shortage
deposits of fers the presents a f urther
possibility of increased problem. Current
energy security and less processing technologies
reliance on imported oil. require large amounts of
water—on the order of
• Oil can be stored in wells
three barrels of water per
until oil prices rise. barrel of shale oil
• Flexibility in oil produced.
extraction. • The volume of the rock
increases during
processing, it is possible
to end up with a 20 to
30% larger volume of
waste rock to dispose of
than the original volume
of rock mined.
• The cost is not presently
competitive with that of
conventional petroleum.
• Large part of the oil
shale is located at or
near the surf ace. At
present, the economical
way to mine it, theref ore,
appears to be surf ace- or
strip-mining with its
attendant land
disturbance.
• Much of the kerogen is
so widely dispersed
through the oil shale that
huge volumes of rock
must be processed to
obtain moderate
amounts of shale oil.

Nuclear • One of the most low- • Though nuclear energy

carbon energy sources. production produces no
• It also has one of the emissions, it does
smallest carbon generate radioactive
f ootprints. waste, which must be
caref ully keep to avoid
 • It's one of the answers polluting the
to the energy gap. environment. Although
• It's essential to our radiation is not toxic in
response to climate tiny doses, radioactive
waste f rom nuclear
change and greenhouse
energy generation is
gas emissions.
extremely hazardous.
• Reliable and cost- • Nonrenewable source.
ef f ective. • It leaves behind
radioactive particles,
which can cause
erosion, and even
pollute nearby sources
of water.
• The construction of
nuclear power plant is
expensive.
Solar • Renewable energy • The high initial costs of
source and reduces installing panels.
carbon emissions. • Solar energy storage is
• Can reduce your home’s expensive.
electricity bill. • Solar doesn’t work for
• Homes with solar panels every roof type.
installed may improve • Solar panels are
home value. dependent on sunlight.
• low maintenance costs
• generate electricity in
any climate
Geothermal • Geothermal energy is • The extraction of
collected f rom the earth geothermal energy f rom
without the need of f ossil the grounds leads to a
f uels, and geothermal release of greenhouse
areas emit almost no gases like hydrogen
pollution. sulf ide, carbon dioxide,
• Renewable energy methane, and ammonia.
• Geothermal heat pump • Possibility of depletion of
systems consume 25% geothermal sources.
to 50% less power than • High investments
conventional heating • Large land requirements
and cooling systems. f or geothermal plant to
• Geothermal heat pump be installed.
systems have a
reasonably long
lif espan.
Wind • Renewable energy • Because the ef f icacy of a
• Low operating costs wind turbine in
• Wind f arms can take up generating power is
a lot of area, although dependent on the
the actual turbines and weather, it can be
equipment don't take up dif f icult to f orecast how
much room. As a result, much electricity a wind
land utilized f or wind turbine will generate
turbines is f requently over time.
also used f or other
 reasons, such as
f arming.
• Adds a revenue source
f or manuf acturers.
Biomass • Renewable energy.
• As a natural part of
photosynthesis, biomass
f uels only release the
same amount of carbon
into the atmosphere as
was absorbed by plants
during their lif e cycle.
• It reduces the
overreliance of f ossil
f uels.
• Is less expensive than
f ossil f uels.
• Adds a revenue source
f or manuf acturers.
• By burning solid waste,
the amount of garbage
dumped in landf ills is
reduced by 60 to 90
percent and reduces the
cost of landf ill disposal
and amount of land
required f or landf ill.
Waste or Refuse –Derive • Promoted as “clean
fuel energy” when compared
to wastef ul incineration
practices of the previous
decades.
• Avoid landf illing.
• The opportunity to
recover valuable
resources such as
metals post-incineration
• Wind energy causes
noise and visual
pollution.
• The blades of a wind
turbine are quite big and
revolve at tremendous
speeds. Unf ortunately,
their blades can damage
and kill f lying creatures
like as birds and bats.
• Wind energy requires
transmission. Turbines
and generating sites are
f requently placed distant
f rom population centers
where power is required.
As a result, transmission
lines are an extra piece
of inf rastructure that
must be created in order
f or this type of energy
generating to succeed.
• Not as ef f icient as f ossil
f uels.
• While biomass is carbon
neutral, the use of
animal and human
waste escalates the
amount of methane
gases, which are also
damaging to the
environment.
• Can lead to
def orestation.
• Biomass plants require a
lot of space.
• It f uels an unregulated
waste trade.
• High carbon emissions
• Potential to destroy
recoverable materials.
• The potential f or it to
disincentivize recycling
or other more
sustainable waste
management methods.
Alcohol Fuel • It can be obtained f rom • Calorif ic value of
both natural and alcohols are almost half
manuf acturing methods. to that of gasoline. That
• It has a very high-octane means you need almost
number (above 100) and double amount of
a very good f lame alcohol to travel same
speed. distance as on using
• It produces less gasoline.
emissions than gasoline • Combustion of alcohols
(petrol). produce aldehydes. If
• Due to cooler intake, alcohol as a f uel is used
volumetric ef f iciency of in same amount as
engine running on gasoline today, then
alcohol is good. aldehydes emission will
• Alcohol has low sulf ur be a serious problem.
content in f uel. • Alcohol is corrosive in
• More moles of exhaust nature. Hence, design
gases produced provide consideration is there
more power to when using it as a f uel.
expansion stroke. • It is dif ficult to start the
engine when the
temperature of the
engine is below 10 °C
while using alcohol.
• Alcohol has poor ignition
characteristics.
• Alcohols produce almost
invisible f lames while
burning, it may cause
serious saf ety problems.
• Due to low vapor
pressure the air can f low
into alcohol storage tank
and can f orm a
combustible mixture
there. Which may cause
explosion.
• Many people f ind odor of
alcohol of f ensive. It may
cause headaches and
dizziness.
• There is possibility of
vapor lock in f uel
delivery systems.