Identifying renewable and non-renewable energy sources
I can identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources and understand the difference between them.
Identifying renewable and non-renewable energy sources
I can identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources and understand the difference between them.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The sun, directly or indirectly, is the source of all energy on Earth: plants use energy to grow the food we eat.
- Non-renewable energy sources are fossil fuels: coal, oil, natural gas, and the elements uranium and plutonium.
- Renewable energy sources include solar power, wind, wave and tidal energy, hydro-electric, biomass and geothermal.
- Non-renewable sources are unsustainable, polluting and a cause of rapid climate change.
Keywords
Finite - Finite resources have a limit, or an end and will run out.
Hydro-electric - Hydro-electric power generates electricity by using water.
Geothermal - Geothermal energy comes from heat contained within the Earth's crust.
Unsustainable - An unsustainable resource is one that is being used more or faster than it can be replaced or regrown.
Common misconception
Fossil fuels (coal, gas and natural oil) are infinite.
Fossil fuels are finite - if used at the current rate, they will run out and are not sustainable.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
food
fuel
mineral
metal
Exit quiz
6 Questions
renewable - it produces power from water
non-renewable - it is a solid fossil fuel
renewable - it produces power from sea tides
non-renewable - it is a fossil fuel