Energy resources

BY: CHAITANYA
 BIG Ideas:
• People and other organisms use Earth’s resources for
everyday living.

• People use energy resources, most of which originate

from the Sun, for everyday living.

• The use of natural resources can impact Earth’s land,

air, and water.
 Resources

 Limited
 Two categories:
Renewable: can be replaced by nature at a
rate close to the rate at which they are used
Nonrenewable: renewed very slowly or not
at all
Types Renewable resources

sunlight
wind

water
vegetation
Types of non renewable resources

coal oil minerals

 Fossil Fuels

 organic in origin (formed from living things)

 nonrenewable
 may cause pollution
 relatively cheap
 easy to use
 Some examples of fossil fuels, coal, petroleum , natural gas these are the main sources for
transportation, farming and industry
coal

Peat: brownish partially

decomposed plant remains

Lignite: water and gases squeezed

out into a denser material (brown
coal)
minerals
 How are minerals formed?

 Minerals form when rocks are heated enough that atoms of

different elements can move around and join into different
molecules. Minerals are deposited from salty water solutions
on Earth's surface and underground.
petroleum and natural gas
 Hydropower

Hydropower is using water to power machinery or make electricity. Water constantly

moves through a vast global cycle, evaporating from lakes and oceans, formingclouds,
pecipitating as rain or snow, then flowing back down to the ocean.
 Pros and cons of hydropower

Pros cons
 Renewable  Expensive to build

 Reliable  Environmental consequences

 Safe  Drought potential

 Low emissions  Limited reserves

 biomass

 Biomass is plant or animal material used as fuel to produce electricity or heat.

Examples are wood, energy crops and waste from forests, yards, or farms.[1]
Since biomass technically can be used as a fuel directly (e.g. wood logs).
 Biomass continues to be an important fuel in many countries, especially for
cooking and heating in developing countries. The use of biomass fuels for
transportation and for electricity generation is increasing in many developed
countries as a means of avoiding carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use.