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Energy WebQuest You must follow the instructions step by step. Do not jump ahead. You will be using the website below to answer questions about energy resources. 

Log in to the computer. Open up the internet and go to the site below: o http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm o Click on “Nonrenewable” on the left hand menu

Non-Renewable 

List the forms of Nonrenewable energy. ______________________________________________________________________

Oil 

Now, click on the word “Oil” (Petroleum)

1.) How is oil formed? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What does the word “petroleum” mean? _________________________________ 2.) Describe crude oil and where it is found. __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are the five top crude-oil producing countries? _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3.) What percentage of oil is brought in from outside countries to supply United States demand for oil? __________________ 4.) List 6 products that crude oil is used to produce that is used in everyday life in the U.S. 1._____________2.____________3._____________4._____________5.____________6.___________ What is the leading cause of sources of petroleum in North American Waters? ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Click on the word “Natural Gas.”

Natural Gas

5.) How is natural gas formed? _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Describe the physical properties of natural gas. _____________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ List 6 uses of natural gas in the everyday lives of people in the U.S. 1.____________2._____________3.______________4._____________5.____________6.___________ Compared to other energy resources, is natural gas considered to be positive or negative for the environment? ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Coal

Click on the word “Coal.”

6.) Describe the physical properties of coal. ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How does coal form? __________________________________________________________________ 7.) What are the two methods of mining used to get coal out of the ground? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8.) Write one sentence summarizing the paragraph, “Transporting Coal.” ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9.) What country has the largest known coal reserves in the world? _______________________ How many US States is coal mined in? ___________ List 6 uses of coal in the everyday world. 1.____________2._____________3.______________4._____________5.____________6.___________ Name one negative effect of mining coal on the environment. __________________________________

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Click on the word “Nuclear.”

10.)

Nuclear

What is nuclear energy? __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 11.)

What percentage of nuclear electricity is generated in the U.S.? ________

12.)

How many nuclear power plants are in the U.S. today? _______________

13.)

What is 1 positive and 1 negative impact that Nuclear Plants have on the Environment?

____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Renewable 

Click on the word “Renewable Sources”.

14.)

What are the 6 forms of renewable energy resources? __________________________________

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Solar

Click on the word “Solar.”

15.)

What is solar energy? ____________________________________________________________

16.)

Solar energy is converted into what energy? ________________________

17.)

Give two examples of how solar energy is used. ______________________________________

18.)

What do solar cells do? __________________________________________________________

19.)

What do solar power plants do? ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 20.)

What are the 2 main disadvantages to solar energy? ____________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ Explain how solar energy is beneficial for the environment. ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

Wind

Click on the word “wind.”

21.)

What is wind and how is it caused? _________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 22.)

What did American colonists use windmills for? ______________________________________

23.)

What do wind machines produce? ________________________________

24.)

Describe a wind power plant. ______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 25.)

Describe the negative effects of wind machines. _______________________________________

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Click on the word “Geothermal.”

Geothermal

26.)

What does the word “geothermal” mean? ____________________________________________

27.)

What is geothermal energy? _______________________________________________________

28.)

Geothermal energy is generated in the ____________________________.

29.)

Where is geothermal energy found? ________________________________________________

Name 2 ways people have used direct geothermal energy? ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

Describe how has Iceland used geothermal energy? ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Click on the word “Biomass.”

30.)

Biomass

What does Biomass mean and what does it contain? ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ Name 5 things that are biomass materials. 1._______________2._________________3.________________4._______________5._____________ 31.)

What is the most common biomass material? _______________________

32.)

84% of wood energy is used where? ______________________________

33.)

How can biomass energy be negative to the environment? _______________________________

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Click on the word “Hydro.”

Hydro

34.)

Hydroelectric power generates what type of energy? _________________

35.)

What 3 states hold over one-half of the total U.S. hydroelectric capacity for electricity is

_________________, _________________. and _______________. 36.)

Most dams in the United States were not built to provide electricity, but for

_____________________ and ________________________. 

Click on the word “Ocean.”

37.)

Ocean

Tides are the rising and falling of the ocean shore. What are tides caused by?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 38.)

Compare wind turbines and wave turbines. ___________________________________________

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Not only could the ocean provide us with tidal energy, but _________________ energy.

40.)

Since the ocean expands almost two-thirds of the Earth, it makes sense to use that open ocean to

provide us with energy. What are the two forms of energy have scientists considered placing over the open ocean? _________________________________________________________________________