Chapter 11 - Energy Resources
Lessons
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Sources of Energy
Energy Conservation
NC Standard
8.P.2.1 Explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy.
8.P.2.1 Explain the environmental consequences of the various methods of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy.
Lesson 1, Fossil Fuels
What is the result of burning fuels?
How is electricity created?
What are fossil fuels?
When did the demand for fossil fuels as energy increase?
What are some characteristics of coal?
What are some disadvantages of coal as an energy source?
What are some characteristics of oil?
What are some disadvantages of oil as an energy source?
What are some characteristics of natural gas?
What are some disadvantages of gas as an energy source?
Lesson 2, Renewable Sources of Energy
What type of energy does solar energy provide?
How does solar energy work?
What are disadvantages of using solar energy?
What are disadvantages of using hydroelectricity?
What are disadvantages of using wind as energy?
What are examples of biomass fuels?
What are disadvantages of using biomass as energy?
What is geothermal energy?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using geothermal energy?
Why might hydrogen power be used in the future?
Nuclear Energy
Heat released from uranium fission reaction is used to change water into steam. The steam then turns the blades of a turbine to generate electricity.
Lesson 4, Energy Conservation
What are two ways to preserve our current energy resources?
What is efficiency?
How is energy lost?
How does insulation work?
Why are fluorescent bulbs preferable to incandescent bulbs?
What is energy conservation?
Test Review
Terms & Concepts
Natural resources: renewable and nonrenewable
Effects of burning fossil fuels: acid rain, global warming
Identify disadvantages of using each type of renewable and nonrenewable resource.
