Energy Resource (ES-L6)

• renewable energy resource - available plentiful in nature and are sustainable.
• non-renewable energy resource - natural resources that is found underneath the earth.
• Fossil Fuels - Formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.
• coal - a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock
• coalification - formation of coal from plant material by the processes of diageneses and metamorphism.
• different types of coal

  anthracite - excellet fuel that is still used to heat homes.

  bituminous coal - used to make coke, used in metallurgy.

  sub-bituminous coal - burned in industrial boilers.

  lignite - low grade fuel with a high moisture content that is used in industrial boilers.

  peat - consists of partiall decomposed vegetation.
• petroleum - formed from organic matter from dead plants and animals
• types of renewable energy

  
  

  hydropower energy - generated electricity by using flowing or falling water to turn turbines

  geothermal energy - generated electricity by using the heat within earth.

  biomass energy - generated electricity by using organic material that cmes from plants and animals.

  solar energy - generated electricity by using the radiant heat and light from the sun

  wind energy - generated electricity by using the wind to drive the turbines.