Renewable or Non-renewable Energy Resources

What are Renewable or Non-renewable Energy Resources?

1.Energy resources are divided into  two groups: ·        Renewable energy ·        Non-renewable energy

2.Renewable energy can be replenished when    used up.

3. Non-renewable energy  cannot be replenished     when used up.

4. Renewable energy resources include solar      energy, wind energy, geothermal energy from     inside the Earth, biomass from plants and        hydropower from water stores in reservoirs     and oceans in the form of wave.

5. We get most of our energy from      non-renewable energy resources, which      include crude oil, natural gas and coal.     They are called fossil fuels because     they are formed over millions of years     from the remains of dead plants and animals     by the action of heat from the Earth’s core      and pressure from the rock and soil. Fossil      fuels are continually produced by decaying     plant and animal matter, but the rate of     their production is extremely slow, very      much slower than the rate at which we      use them.

Renewable Energy

Non-renewable Energy