Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

Renewable resources

Replenished over a short time like months, years, decades

Nonrenewable resources

millions of years to form and accumulate

Fossil fuels

gen term for any hydrocarbon that is used for fuel like coal, oil, and natural gas

Tar sand

Clay and sand combined w/ water and tar

Oil shales

Rock of hydrocarbons

Types of renewable energy

• solar

• wind

• hydroelectric

• tidal

• geothermal

Solar energy

solar panels absorb energy

Wind energy

As long as wind blows, wind turbines harvest wind energy and energy funnels into homes

Hydroelectric energy

Moving water from falls into energy

Tidal energy

moving water becoming energy because tides are predictable

Geothermal energy

Earth’s interior energy heat turns into energy