Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Energy powers our daily lives, and where it comes from matters. In this lesson, we’ll explain the differences between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, explore various fuels and their uses, and examine data on global energy use. We’ll also address the challenges and impacts of our energy choices.
Topics
- environmental science
- ap environmental science
- cp environmental science
- ngss
- terawatt hours
- energy sources
- renewable energy sources
- nonrenewable energy sources
- renewable resource
- nonrenewable resource
- depletable renewables
- nondepletable renewables
- hydropower
- solar energy
- wind energy
- geothermal energy
- wave energy
- tidal energy
- hydrogen energy
- nuclear energy
- fossil fuels
- coal energy
- oil energy
- natural gas energy
- renewable fuels
- solid biomass
- wood
- agricultural waste
- charcoal
- biofuels
- bioethanol
- biodiesel
- nonrenewable fuels
- crude oil
- petroleum
- methane
- hydraulic fracking
- greenhouse gas emissions
- peat
- lignite
- bituminous
- anthracite
- carbon content
- heat content
- uranium
- nuclear fission
- energy units
- joules
- exajoules
- million tonnes of oil equivalents
- barrel equivalents
- British thermal units
- BTU
- TWh
- energy density
- energy consumption
- Sankey diagram