>> << Overall, renewable energy used for electricity has grown by around 7% in 2020. >> ] Water circulated through these towers turns to steam, driving turbines that can generate up to 377 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 140,000 homes in California! 0000005373 00000 n photovoltaic system: This is a system which converts solar energy into electricity. /Font << endstream 8PC'c#Bz$5m8/` Solar energy is the most abundant energy source on the planet. /A << 0000171065 00000 n /A << >> How much do you know about the energy we get from the Sun, and the ways we harness it to generate electricity? Other energy sources, for example, include energy created from old car tires: this source fuels five power stations in the U.S. Also, engineers are trying to design new gas power stations (gas drives the electricity generators and then is reused to heat the plant). 112 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<92A3965326B0E01363E7FD82517E0860>]/Index[102 20]/Info 101 0 R/Length 65/Prev 1046475/Root 103 0 R/Size 122/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream >> ] 15 0 obj /Type /Annot << 0000004391 00000 n /Annots [ << 0000004301 00000 n H Conductor 10. Clean Energy Quiz Share How much do you know about clean energy? endobj >> /XObject << o zd7oxVYq!0 '=d*{yIG!Y0j (r)KuF)72*`\7%BBVM2Lxx WHjg [K$ k >> <> q /Rect [ 17.01000 21.01000 191.50000 13.01000 ] /Rect [ 17.01000 744.69000 81.07000 736.69000 ] << Guess the Amount! /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link 17.01000 13.90000 174.50000 -0.39000 re /Contents 118 0 R /F1 53 0 R /Type /Annot /Type /ExtGState /MediaBox [ 0 0 535 835.65000 ] Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment. /Subtype /Link <00a900200069006e00200074006800690073002000770065006200200073006500720076006900630065002000430061006d00620072006900640067006500200055006e00690076006500720073006900740079002000500072006500730073> Tj /Border [ 0 0 0 ] The International Renewable Energy Agency reported that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 260 GW of renewables were added in 2020, a number that beat the previous record by almost 50 percent. >> Distribute the . And that's exactly what photovoltaic systems do -- turn light into electricity! Tell a Friend. 3. Renewable: The World-Changing Power Of Alternative Energy First Edition. /URI (www\056cambridge\056org) /A << >> For example, they developed fiber optics (thin glass cables to replace heavy metal ones for phones). /A << << Diesel engines are very efficient and tanks of fuel can provide longer range than the similar weight or volume of batteries. >> Test Air Pollution, Renewable energy, Major Atmospheric Changes and Public Policy 1. /Type /Annot xSn0>0B /S /URI /URI (www\056cambridge\056org\0579781107028487) What are Engineers Doing to Improve Our Energy Sources? >> >> /Rect [ 17.01000 21.01000 191.50000 13.01000 ] According to some reports, global energy consumption by using renewable energy resources has been growing exponentially in the past few years. The wind, the sun, and Earth are sources of renewable energy . Top 11 Books About Renewable Energy. /I1 51 0 R /Type /Page 0000007927 00000 n Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. /S /URI ET Light also transfers energy from place to place. Washington, DC 20036 Sign up for more ways to save planet earth, Education for Earth: Live in the Multiverse. We have other quizzes matching your interest. Understand the benefits and disadvantages to using renewable resources. /URI (www\056cambridge\056org) /Contents 148 0 R endobj /BitsPerComponent 8 This stored power, especially in the form of solar power, never becomes overloaded (which is what happens when the lights in your house or neighborhood go out). <004d006f0072006500200049006e0066006f0072006d006100740069006f006e> Tj /XObject << /Type /Annot /pdfrw_0 Do Texas State Energy Conservation Office, www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, www.eere.energy.gov. Although demand is expected to rise in 2021, renewable energy is projected to surpass coal as the largest global electricity source in 2025. C Fossil Fuel 6. << >> << strengthen our energy security. /pdfrw_0 24 0 R /I1 51 0 R endobj /Columns 1034 In order to solve these problems, renewable energy has attracted much attention. This activity will also reinforce kids' awareness of environmental issues. /URI (www\056cambridge\056org\0579781107028487) BT /Contents 60 0 R Renewables share of new generating capacity jumped again for the second straight year. Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat. /URI (www\056cambridge\056org\0579781107028487) >> Identify the evidence that supports particular points in an explanation. Energy can move (be transferred) and change (be transformed), but it cannot be destroyed. /Subtype /Image >> /pdfrw_0 149 0 R /Rect [ 17.01000 21.01000 191.50000 13.01000 ] Which of these is NOT considered a "soft cost" of solar power? )bJJ?_?lrrNUUyW--1A]97zm1qMi?n_eu{S}YxeG*ole)/[yIV>HX1GjbNXw']zYOo-nlenrz,nqy{.OlZWLR}xH@@Yh3F ^^O,|U?K|0)wO*0gV]p\C-o6_n >> BT Energy can be moved from place to place by moving objects or through sound, light, or electric currents. 0000005232 00000 n /Border [ 0 0 0 ] 2 0 obj /Length 65672 transmit: To allow the passage through a material. It is similar to the heat you feel coming off a light bulb while it is on. /MediaBox [ 0 0 535 835.65000 ] /URI (www\056cambridge\056org) If something is renewable it must replenish itself, There is no document available yet, please upload the document. /A << 0.06500 0.37100 0.64200 rg insulation: A material used to prevent the passage of heat, electricity, or sound (i.e., a non-conducting material). /S /URI /Type /Page Non-renewable energy excites you and you are driven to learn more about it. /pdfrw_0 124 0 R In 2018, solar energy produced just over 2 percent of the worlds electricity. (Grade 4), 5-ESS3-1. You might have learned about various forms of energy before. /I1 51 0 R endstream <> True or False, wind energy is good for the earth. 5), Tools, machines, products, and systems use energy in order to do work. /Type /Page /Resources << This chapter presents an overview of renewable energy options and discusses resource assessment and characterization of renewable energy technologies. Can you name thesoft costsof installing solar energy systems? This essay is focused on the main three renewable energies, wind, sunlight, and water. /Border [ 0 0 0 ] Answer: Coal is a non-renewable resource. /A << Hydropower uses the movement of _____________, to power itself. <00430061006d00620072006900640067006500200055006e00690076006500720073006900740079002000500072006500730073> Tj >> << All rights reserved. BT Understand and explain, in general terms, how passive solar heating, hydropower and wind power work. << /A << >> << _w[. endobj /Font << >> /A << /TK true /Rect [ 17.01000 744.69000 81.07000 736.69000 ] 500 0 obj 16 0 obj /Length 13 8` ehd|wq_8z^~n:sh6>d2!"(h4(D7M0@W.clP?L@fWz Gj48)A\? 0000002550 00000 n Renewable energy is also known as clean energy which is obtained from natural sources and can be replenished. 29 0 obj All rights reserved. 10. (Answer: 5%. /Rect [ 17.01000 744.69000 81.07000 736.69000 ] Copyright 2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Nuclear Fusion Attracts Startupsand Skeptics. >> 484 44 /Border [ 0 0 0 ] 492 0 obj And, engineers are improving the design of factories and products to make even more efficient use of our resources. 485 0 obj /I1 51 0 R 0000038277 00000 n <>stream % /Length 1634 f << The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. /A << 503 0 obj They may look very different, but they operate on the same principle, focusing the sun's rays on a central receiver. /Type /Page Clean energy interests you as you are probably environmentally conscious and practicing sustainability in your every day life. /Resources << Choose multiple options. 13 0 obj endobj /XObject << /Annots [ << /Type /Page /Annots [ << /Contents 113 0 R Explain how engineers design more efficient ways to use generate electricity. /MediaBox [ 0 0 535 835.65000 ] In 2014, California became the first state to generate more than 5 percent of its annual utility-scale electricity from solar power, according to the Energy Information Administration. >> Storing renewable energy for power failures is a better idea because those energy supplies will never run out. 497 0 obj 0000000016 00000 n Methods for analyzing renewable energy options within an integrated framework are discussed in . To combat climate change, much of the world is slowly moving away from fossil fuels toward alternative energy sources, encouraged in part by technological advances and falling prices. /S /URI 102 0 obj <> endobj ET You probably are always on the look out for green solutions in your life and hope to see more clean energy solutions being used everywhere. Wind, sunlight, and the planet have energy that transforms in ways we can see and feel. Hydropower Hydropower is our most mature and largest source of renewable power, pro-ducing about 10 percent of the nation's . Chemical 5. The use of technology affects the environment in good and bad ways. /Type /Annot reflect: This is when something such as sound waves or light waves bend back or return upon striking a surface. 0000004624 00000 n /URI (www\056cambridge\056org) Renewable energy is defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency thus: "Renewable energy includes resources that rely on fuel sources that restore themselves over short periods of time and do not diminish" (Source: U.S. EPA ). /MediaBox [ 0 0 535 835.65000 ] /XObject << /Contents 87 0 R 2023 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. /Subtype /Link ), Ask students to describe where they get their energy. (Possible answers: engineers study renewable resources to develop better ways to use these resources for energy generation; engineers design cars that run off renewable resources; engineers design generators that store the energy gathered from renewable resources; engineers develop wind farms to generate electricity for us to use; engineers develop hydropower plants to generate electricity for us to use; engineers are developing machines that are more efficient to reduce the amount of energy, renewable or non-renewable, that gets used; and engineers work to inform communities about what they can do to help conserve energy and use renewable resources.) within type by subtype, then by grade, etc. /F1 53 0 R The correct answer is natural gas. @[ iGyX "i $+b AG0hm_w"ZFjf\&K)bGAmlh5Zjm jO7wR#3@6Hbe'PFW fTY#TdQky4-PX{@jrm 0 g >> \l0Dq[1|ela4PLT2k&\hH";u K"SS}|Xoj|Y6$ WX89u 1+ k WKw2|8s%d.AZF]sVwOkk!h5=,[sMa'&3@+3Yq.g,k#h6l$X.BY.-;y?GYt;vOcm.ZKN!>hDRI#*M"B_)qt@PN$tv"~{m The book has three levels of questions, ranging from school to graduate levels. /Border [ 0 0 0 ] True or False A. Discuss and explain the answers. stream But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth's resources and environments. With solar power continuing to get more affordable and new installations happening every day, the solar industry is booming. As a result, the statistics of OECD nations covering the duration of 1990-2015 were used. << /Type /Page /I1 Do /Matrix [ -1 0 0 -1 535.74805 697.32306 ] 17.01000 782.23000 Td /Type /Annot /Contents 23 0 R /Font << /A << With several large solar plants phased into operation in 2014, California's utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) facilities generated a record 9.9 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity in 2014, an increase of 6.1 million MWh from 2013 and more than three times the output of the next-highest state, Arizona. What percent of the world's energy do we use? /Subtype /Link Storing renewable energy for power failures is a better idea because those energy supplies will never run out. /Predictor 15 /S /URI anemometer: An instrument for measuring the velocity of wind. active solar system: Solar power systems that use electrical or mechanical components, such as fans, pumps, and electrical controls in circulating fluids. Thanks for your feedback! What are some other consequences? >> Some of the countries who committed include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Guatemala and Vietnam. /Rect [ 17.01000 21.01000 191.50000 13.01000 ] << >> /A << heat exchanger: A device, such as an automobile radiator, that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix. 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