Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources
- Created by: Natasha Granville
- Created on: 11-05-16 18:35
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- Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources
- Renewable
- Solar
- solar cells convert solar energy into electrical energy
- advantages- renewable, no pollution.
- disadvantages- expensive, relies on sunlight
- Wind
- wind turns turbines, turbines turn generators
- advantages- renewable, no pollution
- disadvantages- spoils landscape, unreliable
- Hydroelectricity
- generated by falling water in places where water can be trapped in high reservoirs
- advantages- available any tiime
- disadvantages- won't work if reservoir dries up
- Tidal
- turbines in a dam turn as the tide flows in and out
- advantages- renewable, sustainable
- disadvantages- not available all the time
- Wave
- generates electricity when floating electrical generators move up and down
- advantages- renewable, no pollution
- disadvantages- difficult to produce large amounts of electricity
- Geothermal
- heat transferred from underground rocks heats water, creates steam, turns turbines, turns generators
- advantages- renewable, sustainable
- disadvantages- creates pollution
- Solar
- Non- renewable
- Nuclear
- advantages- cheap, does not produce carbon dioxide
- disadvantages- dangerous, non renewable
- Fossil fuels
- disadvantages- pollution, non renewable
- Nuclear
- Renewable
- P1.23-P1.24 Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources
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