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RENEWABLE RESOURCES

8SCIENCE: Wed. Jan. 12/Thurs. Jan.


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What are renewable resources?
• Renewable resources are natural resources that can
be recycled or replaced by the environment
• E.g.: Cotton plants to make clothing i.e. jeans can be
planted again each year
• Examples
– Plants and animals
– Wind
– Geothermal
– Nuclear
– Water (hydro)
How do we use renewable resources?

• Humans use renewable resources as a source


of food (plants and animals) to help us survive
• We also use renewable resources to provide
energy and power
• Examples:
– Solar energy: solar cells
– Wind energy: wind
farms
– Water energy: dams
SOLAR ENERGY
• Solar energy is energy from the sun
• It is trapped in solar cells and turned into electric
current
– Sunlight hits cells covered
with silicon (Si) layers,
changes the light and a
stream of electrons is
created
• Solar cells can be small and
easy to use
• Expensive to generate large
amounts of electricity
WIND ENERGY
• Electricity can be produced on wind farms
• Wind turbines are placed on the land
– Need lots of open space
• No pollution is produced
WATER ENERGY
• Called hydroelectric power
• Electricity created from the energy of flowing water by
building dams
• Earth’s water cycle continually replaces the water and it
is non-polluting
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
• Used and found in
locations with lots of
volcanic activity
• Energy from an eruption
comes from hot rock
under the Earth’s surface
• Thermal energy (heat
energy) is used to
generate electricity
NUCLEAR ENERGY
• Huge amounts of energy are stored in the
nucleus of an atom
• When this nucleus is split, the energy released
is used to generate electricity
– water is heated by this energy and turns to steam
which turns turbines to produce electricity
Examples:
- uranium (U)
Questions to consider: Which renewable
energy is ‘best’?
• Which renewable energy type is a good
alternative to burning fossil fuels (using non-
renewable resources) ?
• Which renewable energy type produces little
pollution?
• Which renewable energy type costs little
money?
• Which renewable energy type requires little
land and people to manage it?

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